The first book-length study in any language of the presence and influence of Mei Lanfang, the internationally known Chinese actor who specialized in female roles on the twentieth-century international stage. Tian investigates Mei Lanfang's presence and influence and the transnational and intercultural appropriations of his art.

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MIN TIAN Adjunct Assistant Professor at the University of Iowa, USA.

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Redefining a Cultural Nation and Reifying a Theatre Tradition: Mei Lanfang's International Debut in Japan "The Gentlemanly 'Leading Lady'" as "Ambassador in Art": Mei Lanfang's 1930-Tour of the United States Glory or Shame to the Chinese Nation: the Chinese Debate on Mei Lanfang's 1935-Visit to the Soviet Union Learning "the practical lesson": The Interpretations and Appropriations of Mei Lanfang's Art by the Soviet Theatre The Effect of Displacement: Bertolt Brecht's Interpretation and Refunctioning of Mei Lanfang's Art