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Work in progress and Chapters completed
Chapter One: The Rise of the Female Impersonator to National Stardom and the Transformation of Patronage Culture (1890s-1920s) (work in progress)
Chapter Two: The Female Impersonator (dan) as National Star: Martial Politics, Mass Media, and Sexual Fantasy in Early Republican China (completed)
Chapter Three: “From Male ‘Flower’ to National Star: Choreographing Mei Lanfang’s Rise to Stardom” (PDF)
Chapter Four: “Where is the Center of Cultural Production? -- The Rise of the Actor to National Stardom and the Beijing / Shanghai challenge (1860s-1910s)” (PDF)
Chapter Five: Creating Mass Entertainment: Media and the Rise of the Actor as Star During the Early Years of the Republican Period of 1910s (completed)
Chapter Six (1):The Press and the Rise of Peking Opear Singers to National Stardom: The Case of Theater Illustrated (1912-17) (PDF)
Chapter Six (2): "A Public Love affair or a Nasty Game? -- The Chinese Tabloid Newspaper and the Rise of the Opera Singer as Star" (PDF)
Chapter Seven: "Refined Beauty, new Women, dynamic Heroine, or Fighter for the Nation? Perceptions of China in the Programme Selection for Mei Lanfang’s Performances in Japan (1919), the United States (1930) and the Soviet Union (1935)” (PDF)
Chapter Eight: China: a Man in the Guise of an Upright Female. Photography, the Art of the Hands, and Mei Lanfang’s 1930 visit to the United States (Completed)
Chapter Nine: The Impact of Photography on the Transformation and Feminization of Peking Opera (1910-1930) (completed)
Chapter Ten: Mei Lanfang and Twentieth Century Cultural Flow: The Creation of the Chinese National Theater and Global Avantgarde Theater Art (work in progress)
- The Orchid hand patterns of Mei Lan-fang photographed by Benjamin March (1899-1934) Beiping, 1931.
