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香港中文大学研究人员 ( 现职)
| Professor Michael Edward MCCLELLAN (音乐系) |
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| 数位物件识别号 (DOI) http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01411890305920 |
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摘要Material manifestations of power constitute a basic tool of empire: Forts, barracks, and other governmental structures generate a controlled landscape that contains both colonist and colonized. Thus, it is not surprising that the French government of Indochina inaugurated costly building projects to reify their command over Southeast Asia, including the construction of theaters in Hanoi, Haiphong, and Saigon that were intended for the performance of opera and operetta. These auditoriums fulfilled several functions. The architecture proclaimed France's technological superiority, while the performances celebrated French culture. Together, opera and opera house represented the glorious past of the metropole and the triumphant future of its empire. The case of Hanoi is particularly instructive. After a tentative start in the 1880s, a regular opera season was established there in the 1890s. By recreating a semblance of French cultural life in this corner of Southeast Asia, city officials hoped to strengthen their ties with Europe. Unfortunately, transportation problems, prohibitive costs, and the apathy of the native Vietnamese combined to emphasize Hanoi's isolation. Opera in Vietnam made the distances - physical, social, and cultural - that separated the colony from France even more apparent.
着者McClellan M.
期刊名称Journal of Musicological Research
出版年份2003
月份12
日期1
卷号22
期次1-2
出版社Gordon & Breach
出版地United Kingdom
页次135 - 1http://aims.cuhk.edu.hk/converis/portal/Publication/6http://aims.cuhk.edu.hk/converis/portal/Publication/6
国际标準期刊号0141-189http://aims.cuhk.edu.hk/converis/portal/Publication/6
语言英式英语
