How Long to Read Staging Personhood

How Long Does it Take to Read Staging Personhood?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 11 minutes to read Staging Personhood by Guojun Wang

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

After toppling the Ming dynasty, the Qing conquerors forced Han Chinese males to adopt Manchu hairstyle and clothing. Yet China’s new rulers tolerated the use of traditional Chinese attire in performances, making theater one of the only areas of life where Han garments could still be seen and where Manchu rule could be contested. Staging Personhood uncovers a hidden history of the Ming–Qing transition by exploring what it meant for the clothing of a deposed dynasty to survive onstage. Reading dramatic works against Qing sartorial regulations, Guojun Wang offers an interdisciplinary lens on the entanglements between Chinese drama and nascent Manchu rule in seventeenth-century China. He reveals not just how political and ethnic conflicts shaped theatrical costuming but also the ways costuming enabled different modes of identity negotiation during the dynastic transition. In case studies of theatrical texts and performances, Wang considers clothing and costumes as indices of changing ethnic and gender identities. He contends that theatrical costuming provided a productive way to reconnect bodies, clothes, and identities disrupted by political turmoil. Through careful attention to a variety of canonical and lesser-known plays, visual and performance records, and historical documents, Staging Personhood provides a pathbreaking perspective on the cultural dynamics of early Qing China.

How long is Staging Personhood?

Staging Personhood by Guojun Wang is 191 pages long, and a total of 47,941 words.

This makes it 64% the length of the average book. It also has 59% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Staging Personhood Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 21 minutes to read Staging Personhood aloud.

What Reading Level is Staging Personhood?

Staging Personhood is suitable for students ages 10 and up.

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