''CHINOPERL: Journal of Chinese Oral and Performing Literature'', formerly ''CHINOPERL Papers'' and ''CHINOPERL News'', is a peer-reviewed
[ American academic journal dedicated to the study of Chinese ]performing art
The performing arts are arts such as music, dance, and drama which are performed for an audience. They are different from the visual arts, which are the use of paint, canvas or various materials to create physical or static art objects. Perfor ...
s like ''quyi
''Quyi'' ("melodious art") and ''shuochang yishu'' ("speaking and singing art") are umbrella terms for over 300 regional genres of traditional Chinese oral performing arts. ''Quyi'' is distinguished from ''xiqu'' (Chinese opera) by its emphasis o ...
'' and ''xiqu'' (Chinese opera
Traditional Chinese opera (), or ''Xiqu'', is a form of musical theatre in China with roots going back to the early periods in China. It is an amalgamation of various art forms that existed in ancient China, and evolved gradually over more tha ...
). It is the only western-language journal devoted to this field.
The acronym CHINOPERL for Chinese Oral and Performing Literature was coined by Yuen Ren Chao
Yuen Ren Chao (; 3 November 1892 – 25 February 1982), also known as Zhao Yuanren, was a Chinese-American linguist, educator, scholar, poet, and composer, who contributed to the modern study of Chinese phonology and grammar. Chao was born an ...
.[
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History
The CHINOPERL (Chinese Oral and Performing Literature) organization was founded in 1969 by a group of sinologist
Sinology, or Chinese studies, is an academic discipline that focuses on the study of China primarily through Chinese philosophy, language, literature, culture and history and often refers to Western scholarship. Its origin "may be traced to the ex ...
s which included Yuen Ren Chao
Yuen Ren Chao (; 3 November 1892 – 25 February 1982), also known as Zhao Yuanren, was a Chinese-American linguist, educator, scholar, poet, and composer, who contributed to the modern study of Chinese phonology and grammar. Chao was born an ...
and his daughter Rulan Chao Pian
Rulan Chao Pian (), née Rulan Chao (April 20, 1922 November 30, 2013) , Nicholas Bodman
Nicholas Cleaveland Bodman (July 27, 1913 – June 29, 1997) was an American linguist who made fundamental contributions to the study of historical Chinese phonology and Sino-Tibetan languages.
Bodman was born in Chicago in 1913.
He entered Harva ...
, Milena Dolezelova
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* ''Milena'' (skipper), a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae
* Milena, Sicily, a ''comune'' in the Province of Caltanissetta, Italy
* Milena (given name), a popular female Slavic name
* ''Milena'' (film), a 1991 ...
, and Wolfram Eberhard
Wolfram Eberhard (March 17, 1909 – August 15, 1989) was a professor of Sociology at the University of California, Berkeley focused on Western, Central and Eastern Asian societies.
Biography
Born in Potsdam, German Empire, he had a strong f ...
, during a meeting at Cornell University
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. Its official publication was initially a newsletter titled ''CHINOPERL News''. In 1976 it became a journal titled ''CHINOPERL Papers'', and in 2013 it was renamed ''CHINOPERL: Journal of Chinese Oral and Performing Literature'' when it first published under Maney Publishing
Maney Publishing was an independent academic publishing company that was taken over by Taylor & Francis in 2015. Maney Publishing specialised in peer-reviewed academic journals in materials science and engineering, the humanities, and health ...
. (Maney was purchased by Taylor & Francis
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in 2016.) In 2020, the University of Hawaiʻi Press
The University of Hawaii Press is a university press that is part of the University of Hawaii.
The University of Hawaii Press was founded in 1947, publishing research in all disciplines of the humanities and natural and social sciences in the r ...
began to publish this journal.[
]
See also
*''Asian Theatre Journal
The ''Asian Theatre Journal'' is an academic journal dedicated to the performing arts of Asia, focusing upon both traditional and modern theatrical forms. It contains descriptive and analytical articles, original plays and play translations, as wel ...
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External links
''CHINOPERL''
at Project MUSE
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References
English-language journals
University of Hawaiʻi Press academic journals
Chinese studies journals
Publications established in 1969
Arts journals
Chinese opera
Chinese storytelling
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