Ng, Wing Chung. The Rise of Cantonese Opera. Hong Kong： Hong Kong University Press, 2015. ISBN： 9789888208401. 266 pp＋14 illustrations. $50.00 （cloth）.  

作　　者：Madeline Y. Hsu 

机构地区：[1]The University of Texas at Austin

出　　处：《Frontiers of History in China》2016年第2期329-331,共3页中国历史学前沿（英文版）

摘　　要：Wing Chung Ng＇s long-awaited second monograph does not disappoint. Ng turns his scrupulous analytical and research skills to the unwieldy, transient world of stage perform, ers and the business of Cantonese opera as it evolved from the late nineteenth to the first half of the twentieth century. Drawing on his nostalgia and experiences with popular regional entertainment while growing up in Hong Kong, the author has pieced together a vivid portrait of a constantly adapting, transnational business whose networks reached far into the Cantonese diamora.Wing Chung Ng＇s long-awaited second monograph does not disappoint. Ng turns his scrupulous analytical and research skills to the unwieldy, transient world of stage perform, ers and the business of Cantonese opera as it evolved from the late nineteenth to the first half of the twentieth century. Drawing on his nostalgia and experiences with popular regional entertainment while growing up in Hong Kong, the author has pieced together a vivid portrait of a constantly adapting, transnational business whose networks reached far into the Cantonese diamora.

分 类 号：G239.22[文化科学] G649.28