Listening to China's Cultural Revolution (eBook)

Laurence Coderre, University of California, Berkeley, USA Dai Jiafang, Central Conservatory of Music, China Barbara Mittler, University of Heidelberg, Germany Lau Sze Wing, Chinese University of Hong Kong, China Rowan Pease, Independent Scholar, China Nancy Yunhwa Rao, Rutgers University, USA Ban Wang, Stanford University, USA John Winzenburg, Hong Kong Baptist University, China Chuen-Fung Wong, Macalester College, USA

Introduction; Paul Clark, Laikwan Pang and Tsan-Huang TsaiPART I: TEMPORALITY: CONTINUITY AND CHANGE IN CULTURAL REVOLUTION MUSIC1. A Diachronic Study of Jingju Yangbanxi Model Peking Opera Music; Dai Jiafang, translated by Lau Sze Wing2. From Confucianist Meditative Tool to Maoist Revolutionary Weapon: The Seven-Stringed Zither (Qin) in the Cultural Revolution; Tsan-Huang Tsai3. Breaking Bad: Sabotaging the Production of the Hero in the Amateur Performance of Yangbanxi; Laurence Coderre4. Third World Internationalism: Films and Operas in the Chinese Cultural Revolution; Ban Wang5. Singing in the Dark: Film and Cultural Revolution Musical Culture; Paul ClarkPART II: GEOGRAPHY: TRANSPLANTATION AND THE MAKING OF REGIONAL YANGBANXI6. Dialects as Untamable: How to Revolutionize Cantonese Opera?; Laikwan Pang7. The West is Red: Uyghur Adaptation of The Legend of the Red Lantern (Qizil Chiragh) During China ' 's Cultural Revolution; Chuen-Fung Wong8. The Dragon River Reaches the Borders: The Rehabilitation of Ethnic Music in a Model Opera; Rowan PeasePART III: LEGACIES AND LINEAGES: CULTURAL REVOLUTION SOUNDSCAPES BEYOND THE MAO ERA9. Musical-Dramatic Experimentation in the Yangbanxi: A Case for Precedence in The Great Wall; John Winzenburg10. Sonic Imaginary After the Cultural Revolution; Nancy Yunhwa Rao11. Just Beat It! Popular Legacies of Cultural Revolution Music; Barbara Mittler