The challenge of the actresses: Female performers and cultural alternatives in early twentieth century Beijing and Tianjin

Modern China

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 197-233

  Cheng, Weikun ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT OSWEGO   (United States)

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