Jin Jiang is professor of history and director of the Center for Gender and Cultural Studies at East China Normal University, Shanghai. She is a contributor to Some of Us: Chinese Women Growing Up in the Mao Era.

"Jin Jiang's groundbreaking book is by far the best study of women's Yue opera as a social and cultural history in any language. . . . fascinating and surprisingly accessible. . ."

• PrefaceIntroduction | Opera, Gender, and the City1. The Origins of Yue Opera2. The Rise of Feminine Opera3. Patrons and Patronage 4. Staging in the Public Arena5. The Opera as History6. A Feminine AestheticsConclusionAppendix | Interviews and InformantsNotesChinese Character Glossary ReferencesIndex

Jin Jiang is professor of history and director of the Center for Gender and Cultural Studies at East China Normal University, Shanghai. She is a contributor to Some of Us: Chinese Women Growing Up in the Mao Era.

"Jin Jiang's groundbreaking book is by far the best study of women's Yue opera as a social and cultural history in any language. . . . fascinating and surprisingly accessible. . ."

• PrefaceIntroduction | Opera, Gender, and the City1. The Origins of Yue Opera2. The Rise of Feminine Opera3. Patrons and Patronage 4. Staging in the Public Arena5. The Opera as History6. A Feminine AestheticsConclusionAppendix | Interviews and InformantsNotesChinese Character Glossary ReferencesIndex

Jin Jiang is professor of history and director of the Center for Gender and Cultural Studies at East China Normal University, Shanghai. She is a contributor to Some of Us: Chinese Women Growing Up in the Mao Era.

"Jin Jiang's groundbreaking book is by far the best study of women's Yue opera as a social and cultural history in any language. . . . fascinating and surprisingly accessible. . ."

• PrefaceIntroduction | Opera, Gender, and the City1. The Origins of Yue Opera2. The Rise of Feminine Opera3. Patrons and Patronage 4. Staging in the Public Arena5. The Opera as History6. A Feminine AestheticsConclusionAppendix | Interviews and InformantsNotesChinese Character Glossary ReferencesIndex