UNCROSSING THE BORDERS
Book ID/图书代码： 13560019C00015
English Summary/英文概要： Over many centuries, women on the Chinese stage committed suicide in beautiful and pathetic ways just before crossing the border for an interracial marriage. Uncrossing the Borders asks why this theatrical trope has remained so powerful and attractive. The book analyzes how national, cultural, and ethnic borders are inevitably gendered and incite violence against women in the name of the nation. The book surveys two millennia of historical, literary, dramatic texts, and sociopolitical references to reveal that this type of drama was especially popular when China was under foreign rule, such as in the Yuan (Mongol) and Qing (Manchu) dynasties, and when Chinese male literati felt desperate about their economic and political future, due to the dysfunctional imperial examination system. Daphne P. Lei covers border-crossing Chinese drama in major theatrical genres such as zaju and chuanqi, regional drama such as jingju (Beijing opera) and yueju (Cantonese opera), and modernized operatic and musical forms of such stories today.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 达芙妮·P·雷是加州大学尔湾分校戏剧系的教授。
很多世纪以来，在中国的舞台上妇女在正要跨过跨种族
婚姻的界限时以一种凄美和让人惋惜的方式自杀了。
《跨越边界》疑惑为什么这类戏剧表演还依然这么强有
力和吸引人。本书分析了民族、文化和种族界限如何不
可避免地被性别化，并且以民族的名义煽动针对女性的
暴力。 本书调查了两千年来的历史、文学和戏剧文本和
社会政治参考文献显示这类戏剧在中国被外国势力统治
时期特别流行，例如在元朝和清朝，或者当中国男性文
人由于封建科举制度的废弃对于他们的经济和政治未来
感到绝望的时候。达芙妮·P·雷研究了主要戏剧类型中的
垮性别的中国戏剧，例如杂剧和传奇，地方戏例如京剧
（北京戏剧）和越剧（广东话戏剧）以及把当今故事现
代化了的戏剧和音乐形式。
Awards/获奖情况：“这本研究非常精心的书是一个深入了解中国文化的已知
与未知边界的突出典范。它很可能是对这个主题最全面
的英文研究，学习或研究中国文明的发展，中国戏剧和
表演传统以及性别化解读爱国主义和民族主义的学者都
会对本书感兴趣。”
—安妮·麦克拉伦, 墨尔本大学
"A very well-researched book concerning a significant paradigm, deeply embedded in Chinese culture, of border-crossing between the known and the unknown. It is possibly the most comprehensive study in English of this particular theme, and will be of interest to anyone studying or researching the development of Chinese civilization, Chinese opera and performance traditions, and gendered understandings of patriotism and nationalism."
--Anne McLaren, University of Melbourne
About the Author/作者介绍： Daphne P. Lei is Professor of Drama, University of California, Irvine.
Format:HARDCOVER
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