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The remarkable career of the American woman who became the world's first female master of Chinese shadow theatre.

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"The story of this amazing woman - an icon in the field of shadow theatre in the US, but about whom one knows so little - would have gone into oblivion if it were not for this eloquent book. Of particular significance is the author's conclusion regarding the unexpected positive roles played by the Great Depression and WWII in the success of Benton's career as a performer of Chinese Shadows." Fan Pan Li Chen, State University of New York at Albany "While Benton's extraordinary story might be known to some extent within the intimate circle of practitioners and scholars of Chinese shadow theatre in the United States, this book gives the first extended portrait of her and does so in a way that sheds i

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    Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
    Publication Date: 10/1/2013 12:00:00 AM
    ISBN13: 9780773542013, 978-0773542013
    ISBN10: 0773542019
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    Puppetry, miniature and toy theatre

    Description

    Book Synopsis
    The remarkable career of the American woman who became the world's first female master of Chinese shadow theatre.

    Trade Review
    "The story of this amazing woman - an icon in the field of shadow theatre in the US, but about whom one knows so little - would have gone into oblivion if it were not for this eloquent book. Of particular significance is the author's conclusion regarding the unexpected positive roles played by the Great Depression and WWII in the success of Benton's career as a performer of Chinese Shadows." Fan Pan Li Chen, State University of New York at Albany "While Benton's extraordinary story might be known to some extent within the intimate circle of practitioners and scholars of Chinese shadow theatre in the United States, this book gives the first extended portrait of her and does so in a way that sheds i

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