Scholars@Duke
Kim Hunter Gordon

Kim Hunter Gordon

Assistant Professor of Chinese and Performance Studies at Duke Kunshan University
DKU Faculty

Selected Publications

Jing–Kun and the Hundred Operas: Revisiting the Categorisation of Chinese Theatre

Journal Article Journal of the Society for Asian Humanities (JOSAH) · 2023 This paper presents a critical examination of the classification and institu- tionalisation of xiqu 戲曲, or Chinese song-drama, throughout the twentieth century, with a particular focus on the substantial increase in officially recognised genres, now number ... Open Access Cite

Jing–Kun and the Hundred Operas: Revisiting the Categorisation of Chinese Theatre

Journal Article Journal of the Society for Asian Humanities (JOSAH) · 2023 This paper presents a critical examination of the classification and institu- tionalisation of xiqu 戲曲, or Chinese song-drama, throughout the twentieth century, with a particular focus on the substantial increase in officially recognised genres, now number ... Open Access Cite

Cai Zhengren, “Instating the Statue, Lamenting the Statue” (“Yingxiang Kuxiang” 迎像哭像) from The Palace of Lasting Life (Changsheng Dian 長生殿)

Chapter · September 1, 2022 This book consists of translated performer narrations that illuminate how one of the major Chinese theatrical forms has been taught and transmitted over the past century. ... Link to item Cite

Ji Zhenhua, “Playing the Ballad” (“Tanci” 彈詞) from The Palace of Lasting Life (Changsheng Dian 長生殿)

Chapter · September 1, 2022 This book consists of translated performer narrations that illuminate how one of the major Chinese theatrical forms has been taught and transmitted over the past century. ... Cite

Fan Jixin, “Writing the Accusation” (“Xie Zhuang” 寫狀) from Tale of the Mermaid Silk Handkerchief (Jiaoxiao Ji鮫綃記)

Chapter · September 1, 2022 This book consists of translated performer narrations that illuminate how one of the major Chinese theatrical forms has been taught and transmitted over the past century. ... Cite

Yue Meiti, “The Inn on the Lake” (“Hu Lou” 湖樓) from To Win a Peerless Beauty (Zhan Huakui 占花魁)

Chapter · September 1, 2022 This book consists of translated performer narrations that illuminate how one of the major Chinese theatrical forms has been taught and transmitted over the past century. ... Cite

Xing Fan. Staging Revolution: Artistry and Aesthetics in Model Beijing Opera during the Cultural Revolution.

Book Review Modern Drama · April 1, 2019 Staging Revolution describes in excellent detail the challenges faced by hybrid productions in which Chinese tradition was pressed into alignment with political objectives and global forms. These challenges, along with many of the professional pra ... Full text Cite

Rising Dragon Temple

Other Chinese Arts & Letters · March 28, 2014 Cite

Breaking God's Flail: Chan Sculpture and the Death of a Great Khan in Song Dynasty Hechuan

Book · September 1, 2012 In the Southern Song dynasty, Hechuan was the wealthiest county in the Sichuan basin, sat at a strategic point at the confluence of three major river routes. The two spectacular relics left here from the period demonstrate how two outside influences, one c ... Link to item Cite