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Enchanted Stories: Chinese Shadow Theater in Shaanxi
Treasures from the Shaanxi Provincial Art Gallery
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A Web-Companion to China Institute's Spring 2008 Gallery Exhibition

Introduction
Chinese Shadow Theater
Chinese Theater, Opera, and Related Arts
Chinese Shadow Theater--Stories and Characters
Shadow Theater Outside of China
Puppetry and Puppets
Curricula
Other Resources
Books, Etc.


Books, Etc.

Asian Folklore Studies (Anthropological Institute of Nanzan University, Nagoya, Japan)

"Publishes contributions on any topic related to folklore, yet a special effort is made to include research by Asian scholars and folklorists related to Asian cultures...individual contributions may cover such topics as oral tradition, folk tales and folk religion, and material culture."

Asian Theater Journal (University of Hawai'i Press).

"Dedicated to the performing arts of Asia, focusing upon both traditional and modern theatrical forms...It offers descriptive and analytical articles, original plays and play translations, book and audiovisual reviews, and reports of current theatrical activities in Asia."

Blackburn, Stewart H. 1996

Inside the Drama-House: Rama Stories and Shadow Puppets in South India. Berkeley: University of California Press.


Brandon, James R. 1970

On Thrones of Gold: Three Javanese Shadow Plays. Harvard University Press.


Broman, Sven. 1994

Chinese Shadow Theater Libretti. Hong Kong: Orchid Press.


Chen, Fan Pen. 2003

"Shadows Theaters of the World." Asian Folklore Studies, 62 (2003): 25-64.


____. 2004

Visions for the Masses: Chinese Shadow Plays from Shaanxi and Shanxi. Ithaca: East Asia Program, Cornell University.


____. 2007

The Chinese Shadow Theatre: History, Popular Religion, and Women Warriors. Montreal: McGill-QueensUniversity Press.


Keeler, Ward. 1992

Javanese Shadow Puppets. New York: Oxford University Press, USA.


Leiter, Samuel L. 2006

Encyclopedia of Asian Theater. 2 Vols. Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing Group, Incorporated.


Mackerras, Colin (ed.). 1983

Chinese Theater: From Its Origins to the Present Day. Honolulu, HI: University of Hawaii Press.


Matusky, Patricia Ann. 1994

Malaysian Shadow Play and Music: Continuity of an Oral Tradition. New York: Oxford University Press, USA.


Myrsiades, Kosatas S.S., and Linda S. Myrsiades. 1992

Karagiozis: Culture and Comedy in Greek Puppet Theater. Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky,


Overmeyer, Daniel L. 1986

Religions of China: The World as Living System. San Francisco, Calif.: Harper and Row.


Plowright, Poh Sim Sim. 2002

Mediums, Puppets, and the Human Actor in the Theatres of the East. Ceredigion, UK: Edwin Mellen Press.


Wu Cheng'en. 1994

Monkey: Journey to the West. Translated by Arthur Waley. New York: Grove/Atlantic, Inc.


Chinese Shadow Puppet Theater. Cd-rom. Seattle, WA: Pentewa Interactive. http://www.multiculturalarts.com/NewFiles/pupp.html



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