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Beijing Opera Costumes: The Visual Communication of Character and Culture (review)

Beijing Opera Costumes: The Visual Communication of Character and Culture (review) 174 Book Reviews Sam, Chan Moly. 1987. Khmer Court Dance: A Comprehensive Study of Movements, Gestures, and Pos- tures as Applied Techniques. Newington, CT: Khmer Studies Institute. Shapiro-Phim, Toni. 2002. “Dance, Music, and the Nature of Terror in Democratic Kampuchea.” In Annihilating Difference: The Anthropology of Genocide, edited by Alexan- der Hinton, 179–193. Berkeley: University of California Press. BEIJING OPERA COSTUMES: THE VISUAL COMMUNICATION OF CHARACTER AND CULTURE. By Alexandra B. Bonds. Honolulu: Univer- sity of Hawai‘i Press, 2008. xxii, 350 pp. Cloth, $50.00. The product of eighteen years of painstaking research undertaken in Taipei, Beijing, Honolulu, and Oregon, this book is the fi rst comprehensive study of the costumes of jingju (Beijing opera), encompassing both techniques and aesthetics. Jingju, China’s national theatre, was established during the Qing dynasty (1644–1911) and has experienced signifi cant changes, particularly after the founding of the People’s Republic of China in 1949. The book focuses on the traditional jingju repertoire that is performed in China today, although contemporary Chinese stages also feature newly written historical and modern plays created after 1949. The book contains eight chapters with more than 250 colorful pho- tographs and black-and-white costume pattern drafts. The fi rst chapter, “The http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Asian Theatre Journal University of Hawai'I Press

Beijing Opera Costumes: The Visual Communication of Character and Culture (review)

Sun, Mei.
Asian Theatre Journal , Volume 26 (1) – Apr 1, 2009
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174 Book Reviews Sam, Chan Moly. 1987. Khmer Court Dance: A Comprehensive Study of Movements, Gestures, and Pos- tures as Applied Techniques. Newington, CT: Khmer Studies Institute. Shapiro-Phim, Toni. 2002. “Dance, Music, and the Nature of Terror in Democratic Kampuchea.” In Annihilating Difference: The Anthropology of Genocide, edited by Alexan- der Hinton, 179–193. Berkeley: University of California Press. BEIJING OPERA COSTUMES: THE VISUAL COMMUNICATION OF CHARACTER AND CULTURE. By Alexandra B. Bonds. Honolulu: Univer- sity of Hawai‘i Press, 2008. xxii, 350 pp. Cloth, $50.00. The product of eighteen years of painstaking research undertaken in Taipei, Beijing, Honolulu, and Oregon, this book is the fi rst comprehensive study of the costumes of jingju (Beijing opera), encompassing both techniques and aesthetics. Jingju, China’s national theatre, was established during the Qing dynasty (1644–1911) and has experienced signifi cant changes, particularly after the founding of the People’s Republic of China in 1949. The book focuses on the traditional jingju repertoire that is performed in China today, although contemporary Chinese stages also feature newly written historical and modern plays created after 1949. The book contains eight chapters with more than 250 colorful pho- tographs and black-and-white costume pattern drafts. The fi rst chapter, “The

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