The Revival of Xiangsheng in the New Millennium
This chapter discusses xiangsheng’s revival since the beginning of the new millennium. In particular, this chapter will examine how Guo Degang, the new master of xiangsheng performance, retrieves the popularity of xiangsheng among the contemporary Chinese
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Xiangsheng and the Emergence of Guo Degang in Contemporary China
Shenshen Cai · Emily Dunn
Xiangsheng and the Emergence of Guo Degang in Contemporary China
Shenshen Cai Swinburne University of Technology Hawthorn, VIC, Australia
Emily Dunn Swinburne University of Technology Hawthorn, VIC, Australia
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Acknowledgements
The authors thank the University of Hawai’i Press for permission to reprint portions of Shenshen Cai’s article, “A Culture Hero: Xiangsheng (Crosstalk) Performer Guo Degang”, which was originally published in Asian Theatre Journal, vol. 33, no. 1, pp. 82–103, 2016. The authors also thank the Nanzan Anthropological Institute, Nanzan University for permission to reprint portions of Shenshen Cai’s article, “Guo Degang A xiangsheng (Cross Talk) Performer Bridging the Gap Between Su (Vulgarity) and Ya (Elegance)”, which was originally published in Asian Ethnology, vol. 76, no. 2, pp. 343–365, 2017. The authors thank their families for their support. Both authors thank the reader of the book proposal.
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Notes
All translations of Chinese text are the authors’ except those otherwise attributed. The original Chinese text is provided only for old-style poems in Chapters 5 and 6. No two performances of xiangsheng are identical, as actors improvise and make minor or major changes to the script. We have therefore retained some links to performances that are no longer avai
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