Abstract
There have the male performers to impersonate female characters in Beijing Opera and be called "Qian-Dan", and had became the one of Beijing Opera 's cultural Imageries. However, they emphasized the performance in female symbols be making, not the sexuality body. They will create the female images on stage, and not make a sexuality woman. Be like "Kun-Sheng" to reach the confines be not distinguishes female and male. The protagonist in New Beijing Opera "Fox Tales" by the Guoguang Opera Company is the transgender character being union of both sexes in 2009, and made use to one Sheng and one Dan to play the one mutuality. The try to requested for the union of Sheng and Dan was unprecedented, and reach the related theatricality on stage by gender performativity. It will discuss in order: 1. Explain the history simply in Qian-Dan and Kun-Sheng of Beijing Opera, and study Hang-Dang's meaning in making the gender identity and performance. 2. Comment the theatricality by the performance being union of both sexes in Fox Tales and thinking the meaning about gender.
| Translated title of the contribution | Hang-Dang and Gender Performativity: Study on the Characterization and the Theatricality in Fox Tales |
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| Original language | Chinese (Traditional) |
| Pages (from-to) | 181-201 |
| Number of pages | 21 |
| Journal | 雲漢學刊 |
| Issue number | 26 |
| Publication status | Published - 2013 Feb |