Mei Lanfang's American Journey
Reimagining Transpacific Cultural Exchanges
$392.02
- Hardcover
327 pages
- Release Date
31 July 2025
Summary
This groundbreaking study examines Peking Opera legend Mei Lanfang’s 1930 U.S. visit through extensive primary sources and a cross-cultural lens. It meticulously chronicles his 76 performances over 182 days, reconstructing his daily itinerary, highlighting key events, and estimating box office revenues. Drawing on over 1,000 local newspaper reports from 34 states and territories, as well as diaries, memoirs, archival records, and advertisements, this book offers fresh insights into U.S.-China…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9783031874796 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 303187479X |
| Author: | Zhaohui Hong, Cunfa Dong |
| Publisher: | Springer International Publishing AG |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 327 |
| Release Date: | 31 July 2025 |
| Dimensions: | 148mm x 210mm |
| Series: | East Asian Popular Culture |
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Zhaohui Hong
Zhaohui Hong is a professor at the Graduate School of Religion and Religious Education at Fordham University, USA. A scholar with numerous books and research articles to his name, Dr. Hong specializes in modern China, U.S.-China relations, and economic history.
Cunfa Dong is a research fellow at Fudan University, Shanghai, China. He has published extensively on modern China and the history of the Republic of China.
Together, they have co-authored several research articles on Mei Lanfang and Peking Opera in Chinese.
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