Mao's Cultural Army: Drama Troupes In China's Rural Revolution (Cambridge Studies In The History Of The People's Republic Of China)

This study explores the role of drama troupes that were tasked with roaming the countryside in support of Mao's communist revolution in China. Caught between the party and their audiences, the book illustrates how drama troupes, through performance, attempted to resist the ever growing reach of the People's Republic of China state.

• | Author: Brian James DeMare
• | Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• | Publication Date: Apr 02, 2015
• | Number of Pages: 272 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 1107076323
• | ISBN-13: 9781107076327