Global Journal of Human Social Science, C: Sociology and Culture, Volume 22 Issue 6

© 2022. Liu Na. This research/review article is distributed under the terms of the Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). You must give appropriate credit to authors and reference this article if parts of the article are reproduced in any manner. Applicable licensing terms are at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/. Mei Lan-Fang’s American Tour and China’s Images in the U.S. By Liu Na Sichuan International Studies University Abstract- Since the twentieth century, Peking Opera, a comprehensive stage art form, has been awarded the title of “China’s national drama” and has become a well-known cultural symbol of China. Mei Lan-fang, a female impersonator, was reputed to be the most representative actor of Peking Opera. In the 1930s, Mei led a Peking Opera troupe and visited the United States. Mei’s U.S. tour was not merely a spectacle orchestrated exclusively for curious Americans but was just as much designed to show the national images of China. Based on the American response to Mei Lan-fang’s performance in the 1930s, this article attempts to examine what kinds of Chinese images are from the perspective of the American audiences, how they are constructed, and tries to find out the possible reasons. Keywords: mei lan-fang; peking opera; american images of china. GJHSS-C Classification: DDC Code: 792.0951156 LCC Code: PN2876.B37 MeiLanFangsAmericanTourandChinasImagesintheUS Global Journal of HUMAN-SOCIAL SCIENCE: C Sociology & Culture Volume 22 Issue 6 Version 1.0 Year 2022 Type: Double Blind Peer Reviewed International Research Journal Publisher: Global Journals Online ISSN: 2249-460x & Print ISSN: 0975-587X Strictly as per the compliance and regulations of: