false 6452160 1 The enchantment of the figure of the "male dan" - female impersonator - remains a residual element in the cultural imagination of many contemporary Chinese societies. The various kinds of interpretive possibilities in the commanding tradition of cross-dressing Chinese opera have yet to be examined in-depth. In order to discuss "mistaken identity" and gender issues as they relate to cross-dressing on the Chinese operatic stage, this book examines a wide range of materials, including traditional dramatic texts, modern literary writings, critical writings (for example, quhua), opera paintings, and contemporary movies. The book explores gendering and gender differences that are constructed, reproduced, dismantled, and contested in this particularly rich site of Chinese culture. 6642333 15 2 2007 Cross-Dressing in Chinese Opera total:1|3:1| 1 3 1 0 6452160 9622098320 9789622098329 1 0 3.00 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6452160-cross-dressing-in-chinese-opera 3 0 false Sat Sep 05 11:35:55 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 04 07:28:43 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 05 11:35:55 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=6452160