Maoist Model Theatre

Rosemary A. Roberts, Ph.D (1992) in Modern Chinese Literature, Australian National University, is a lecturer in Chinese at the University of Queensland, Australia. She has published widely in the fields of women's literature and gender studies.

• List of Tables List of Illustrations AcknowledgementsList of AbbreviationsChapter One Introduction: Gender and the Model WorksThe Cultural Revolution and the YangbanxiOrigins of the Yangbanxi Ideological Foundations of the Yangbanxi Chinese Language Scholarship on the Yangbanxi English Language Scholarship on the YangbanxiResearch on Gender in the Cultural Revolution On the Masculinisation of Women and the Erasure of FemininitySemiotics of the Th eatre as a Tool for Gender Analysis of the YangbanxiStory Synopses:The Red Lantern (Hong deng ji) Shajiabang Chapter Two Role Assignment and Gender: Resetting the ParadigmsThe Role Distribution of the Central Heroic Characters Linguistic Systems Props Kinesics: Facial Mime, Gesture, MovementMusic: Vocal Techniques Makeup, Hairstyles and Costumes Subverting Tradition Through Radicalized Conservatism Concluding Remarks Story Synopses:Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy (Zhi qu weihu shan)Raid on White Tiger Regiment (Qixi Baihutuan) Chapter Three Costume in the Yangbanxi: Gendering the Revolutionary BodyFashion Theory and the Yangbanxi: Some Theoretical Issues Bodies and Faces Hair and Female BeautyCostumeCostume Fabrics and DesignsConcluding Remarks Story Synopses:On the Docks (Haigang) The Red Detachment of Women (Hongse niangzi jun) Chapter Four Gender and the Kinesics of Yangbanxi Ballet The Classical Ballet Tradition The Yangbanxi Ballets Gender in Dance Performance: a Methodology for Analysis Yangbanxi Ballet Kinetic Analysis Roles and Individual Dance Movements Interactive Dance Movement On Bodies and Sensuality Concluding Remarks Story Synopses:The White-haired Girl (Baimao nü) Song of the Dragon River (Long jiang song)Chapter Five Feminising Leadership in Song of the Dragon River The Creation of Song of the Dragon River Major Characters and the Plot of Song of the Dragon River Semiotic Systems and Codes for AnalysisFemininity, Masculinity and Leadership in Maoist Culture Hairstyle and Costume Verbal Linguistic SystemsGender Differences in Relationship Management Non-Verbal Language Systems Props Sexuality, Motherhood and Female Leadership in a Masculine Environment Conclusions: Female Leadership and the Yangbanxi Story Synopses:Azalea Mountain (Dujuan shan) Fighting on the Plains (Pingyuan zuozhan) Chapter Six The Yangbanxi Heroine and the HistoricalTradition of the Chinese Woman Warrior The Woman Warrior in Chinese Historical Records and Traditional Culture Mulan as a Model for Women in the Twentieth Century Gender, Sexuality and the Woman Warrior Women Warriors of the Yangbanxi The Cultural Model and Gendered Audience ResponseStory Synopses:Boulder Bay (Panshi wan) Ode to Yimeng (Yimeng song)—balletRed Cloud Ridge (Hong yungang) or Red Sister (Hong sao)—Beijing Opera Sons and Daughters of the Grasslands (Caoyuan er nü)Chapter Seven Gendering the Counter-RevolutionThe Feminisation of Villainy Symbolic Gendering through Yin-Yang Symbolism Cultural Attitudes to Homosexuality in Chinese Culture Negative Stereotypes of Homosexual Males in Theatre and Film Visual and Aural (Ef)feminisation of the Counter-Revolution Hair Vocal Feminisation Costume Kinesics and ProxemicsThe Gendering of Personal Qualities of the Yangbanxi Villains Conclusions Chapter Eight The Yangbanxi and Gender Identities in Post-Maoist China Bibliography Yangbanxi Filmography Index