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The Modern Erhu: Perspectives on Education, Gender, and Society in the Development of Erhu Performance

Ni, Yuan
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1623253987334659

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2021, MA, Kent State University, College of the Arts / School of Music, Hugh A. Glauser.
The erhu is a traditional Chinese bowed lute with a history of more than a thousand years. However, the art of erhu performance as people know today dates back to only the early twentieth century. Throughout its long history, men were the only performers of the instrument at the early stage. Political and social developments in China over the past century have shifted the gender associations of the instrument such that female erhu musicians far outnumber that of male musicians today. This thesis will examine circumstances related to public policy, the economy, transitions in traditional norms and educational systems in China that resulted in this shift of gender roles related to the erhu, changes of creation of erhu compositions, as well as the proliferation of erhu virtuosos and educators throughout the country over the past one hundred-plus years.
Andrew Shahriari (Advisor)
Jennifer Johnstone (Committee Member)
Janine Tiffe (Committee Member)
125 p.
Asian Studies; Music
Chinese Music, Erhu, Gender, Chinese History, Feminist Studies

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  • Ni, Y. (2021). The Modern Erhu: Perspectives on Education, Gender, and Society in the Development of Erhu Performance [Master's thesis, Kent State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1623253987334659

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Ni, Yuan. The Modern Erhu: Perspectives on Education, Gender, and Society in the Development of Erhu Performance . 2021. Kent State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1623253987334659.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Ni, Yuan. "The Modern Erhu: Perspectives on Education, Gender, and Society in the Development of Erhu Performance ." Master's thesis, Kent State University, 2021. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1623253987334659

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