TY - BOOK ID - 85727107 TI - Maoist model theatre : the semiotics of gender and sexuality in the Chinese Cultural Revolution (1966-1976) PY - 2010 SN - 1282949845 9786612949845 9047430883 9004177442 PB - Leiden [Netherlands] ; Boston : Brill, DB - UniCat KW - Theater KW - Gender identity in the theater KW - Sex in the theater. KW - Women in the theater KW - Women and communism KW - Communism and sex KW - Sex and communism KW - Sex KW - Communism and women KW - Communism KW - Stage sex KW - Dramatics KW - Histrionics KW - Professional theater KW - Stage KW - Theatre KW - Performing arts KW - Acting KW - Actors KW - Political aspects KW - History UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:85727107 AB - Here is a convincing reflection that changes our understanding of gender in Maoist culture, esp. for what critics from the 1990's onwards have termed its ‘erasure’ of gender and sexuality. In particular the strong heroines of the yangbanxi, or ‘model works’ which dominated the Cultural Revolution period, have been seen as genderless revolutionaries whose images were damaging to women. Drawing on contemporary theories ranging from literary and cultural studies to sociology, this book challenges that established view through detailed semiotic analysis of theatrical systems of the yangbanxi including costume, props, kinesics, and various audio and linguistic systems. Acknowledging the complex interplay of traditional, modern, Chinese and foreign gender ideologies as manifest in the 'model works', it fundamentally changes our insights into gender in Maoist culture. ER -