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Table of Contents

  1. From the Editor
  2. David L. Rolston
  3. p. vii
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Articles

  1. The Origins and Original Language of Manchu Bannermen Tales (Zidi Shu)
  2. Elena Suet-Ying Chiu
  3. pp. 1-23
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  1. An Analysis of “Telling Scriptures” (Jiangjing) During Temple Festivals in Gangkou (Zhangjiagang), With Special Attention to the Status of the Performers
  2. Rostislav Berezkin
  3. pp. 25-76
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  1. High Ranking Party Bureaucrats and Oral Performing Literature: The Case of Chen Yun and Pingtan in the People’s Republic of China
  2. Qiliang He
  3. pp. 77-101
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  1. Where Have All the Different Butterfly Lovers Gone? The Homogenization of Local Theater as a Result of the Theater Reform in China as Seen in Gezai Zi/Xiangju
  2. Hsiao-Mei Hsieh
  3. pp. 103-122
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  1. Learning Yuzhou feng (Sword of the Cosmos): A Journey into the Heart of the Art of Mei Lanfang
  2. Rose Jang
  3. pp. 123-154
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  1. Tourism and Musical Performing Arts in China in the First Decade of the Twenty-First Century: A Personal View
  2. Colin Mackerras
  3. pp. 155-182
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Translations

  1. Zi Cha (Mistaken Characters): A Short Shadow Play from Beijing
  2. Mary E. Hirsch
  3. pp. 183-220
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Performance Reviews

  1. Sensational Kunqu: A Performance Review of the May 2010 Beijing Production of Lian xiang ban (Women in Love)
  2. Sarah E. Kile
  3. pp. 221-228
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  1. The Essential Li Yu Resurrected: A Performance Review of the 2010 Beijing Production of Lian Xiang ban (Women in Love)
  2. Xu Peng
  3. pp. 229-238
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  1. “Xiang yong” (Poems on Fragrance): A Translation of a Scene from Li Yu’s Lian xiang ban (The Fragrant Companion)
  2. Dongshin Chang
  3. pp. 239-258
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Conference Reports

  1. A Report on the 2010 Tiger Hill Amateur Kunqu Festival
  2. Min Yen Ong
  3. pp. 259-264
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  1. Chinese Themes at the International Federation for Theatre Research Conference in Osaka in August 2011
  2. Janne Risum
  3. pp. 265-266
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Book Reviews

  1. Mulan: Five Versions of a Classic Chinese Legend, with Related Texts ed. and tran. by Wilt Idema, Shiamin Kwa (review)
  2. Carolyn FitzGerald
  3. pp. 267-270
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  1. The Columbia Anthology of Chinese Folk and Popular Literature ed. by Victor H. Mair, Mark Bender (review)
  2. Liangyan Ge
  3. pp. 270-276
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  1. The Interplay of the Oral and the Written in Chinese Popular Literature ed. by Vibeke Børdahl, Margaret B. Wan (review)
  2. Regina Llamas
  3. pp. 276-289
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Short Notices of New Resources

  1. Writing Homer: A Study Based on Results from Modern Fieldwork by Minna Skafte Jensen (review)
  2. Vibeke Børdahl
  3. p. 291
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  1. Jingju lishi wenxian huibian: Qingdai juan 京劇歷史文獻彙編: 清 代卷 (Collected Historical Writings on Jingju: Qing Dynasty Section) ed. by Fu Jin (review)
  2. David L. Rolston
  3. pp. 292-293
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