Lee Pak-kuen. / Thesis (M.Ph.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1987. / Bibliography: leaves 238-250.

粤劇亦被譽為「南國紅豆」已有三百多年歷史是中國傳統戲曲之一。粤劇流傳於南中國,香港,以及海外華人的社會,其中以廣州佛山一帶最為著名。然而在近年外來文化的影響下,粤劇逐漸被忽視。自二零零九年起,粤劇正式被列為聯合國教科文組織人類非物質文化遺產。隨著國家政府對粤劇的重視,地方傳統曲藝在廣州的發展亦產生了變化。本論文以廣州粤劇的音樂社區為中心,著眼於樂師,把樂師分為業餘者,職業樂師及國家級演奏員三類。本論文亦論述粤劇樂師在粤劇國家化的過程中所面對的改變及所扮演的角色,並探討粤劇由一種地方性的民間傳統藝術演變為一項代表國家的非物質文化遺產對當地音樂社區造成的衝擊。 / Since Cantonese Opera was declared an intangible cultural heritage representation by United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in 2009, the Chinese government has carried out different policies to “develop Cantonese Opera. This study looks at the recent “development“ of Cantonese Opera in Guangzhou from the perspective of musicians. In Guangzhou, different forms of performing groups are present, from privately organized interest groups to state-managed national troupes. This study divides the music community in Guangzhou into three sub-communities: amateurs, professionals and national musicians and investigates the changing lifestyle and way of interaction of musicians within the music community due to the changes that have occurred in Guangzhou with the listing of Cantonese Opera as an intangible cultural heritage. / This research focuses on the musicians in the Cantonese Opera music community in Guangzhou. Based on a three-month intensive fieldwork and two pilot studies conducted in 2011 using participant observation and indepth interview, this thesis aims to explore the following questions: in what ways are the musicians’ social life and mode of living altered? Has the whole music community become more strengthened and united owing to the social changes? Or is the music community becoming more stratified? Is the music community harmonious or full of dissonance? / Detailed summary in vernacular field only. / Cheung, Ah Li. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2012. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 127-133). / Abstracts also in Chinese. / Abstract --- p.i / 摘要 --- p.ii / Acknowledgements --- p.iii / Table of Contents --- p.v / List of Figures and Tables --- p.vii / Chapter Chapter One --- : Introduction --- p.1 / Introduction --- p.1 / Contribution --- p.4 / Defining Music Community --- p.6 / Literature Review --- p.8 / The Ethnomusicological Perspective --- p.8 / The Socio-cultural Perspective --- p.10 / The Heritage Perspective --- p.13 / Methodology --- p.15 / Participant Observation --- p.17 / Interviews --- p.19 / Thesis Structure --- p.20 / The Romanization of Chinese Wordings --- p.21 / Chapter Chapter Two --- : History of Cantonese Opera and its Music Community --- p.22 / Tracing the Roots of Cantonese Opera --- p.22 / Before the 1900s --- p.24 / From the 1900s to the 1960s --- p.25 / From the 1960s to the 1980s --- p.25 / From the 1980s until the Present --- p.26 / Background of the Cantonese Opera Music Community --- p.29 / Differentiating between Yueju, Yuequ and Yuele --- p.33 / The Music Community in Guangzhou --- p.35 / Chapter Chapter Three --- : The Amaterus - The “Happy“ Ones? --- p.38 / General Description --- p.38 / Primary Informants --- p.39 / The Sunshine Cantonese Opera Troupe --- p.40 / The District Workers’ Association Cantonese Opera Troupe --- p.41 / The Evergreen Cantonese Opera Troupe --- p.43 / What is “Sifoguhk“? --- p.44 / Hierarchies between Amateurs --- p.46 / The Status of Sifu --- p.47 / The Musicians’ List --- p.48 / The Amateur Community as a Whole --- p.50 / The Invasion of Capitalism --- p.51 / The “Common Enemy“ --- p.53 / Summary: Are they truly the “happy ones“? --- p.56 / Chapter Chapter Four --- : The Professional Musicians - The Dream Chasers --- p.58 / General Description --- p.58 / “The Cantonese Opera Music Boulevard“ --- p.58 / Primary Informants --- p.60 / The New World Hotel --- p.61 / The City Grand Hotel --- p.62 / Tensions within the Community --- p.63 / Competition between Tea Houses --- p.64 / Relationship between Musicians, Singers and the Audience --- p.67 / The Professional Music Community as a Whole --- p.70 / The Rural-City Melting Pot --- p.71 / The Changing Market Demand --- p.73 / Summary: What is the Shared Dream? --- p.76 / Chapter Chapter Five --- : The National Experts - The Heritage Preservers --- p.78 / General Description --- p.78 / The State’s Theatres --- p.79 / Primary Informants --- p.82 / The Guangzhou City Cantonese Opera Troupe --- p.83 / The Cantonese Music and Folk Art Troupe --- p.84 / Categorizing Musicians --- p.85 / The Yueju and Yuequ Distinction --- p.86 / The National Ranking System --- p.88 / The Power of the State --- p.91 / The Institutionalization of Folk Art --- p.92 / The Nationalization of Local Art Form --- p.94 / Summary: The Heritage Preservers --- p.97 / Chapter Chapter Six --- : From Art-form to Uni-form --- p.99 / Introduction --- p.99 / The Composition of the Community --- p.101 / The Characteristics of the Community --- p.106 / Segregation within the Community --- p.110 / Summary --- p.115 / Chapter Chapter Seven --- : Conclusion --- p.118 / Bibliography --- p.127

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The production network of automotive industry is a case in lead firm-led. When automotive lead firms invested in less developed countries, they used to built and organize their reconfigured production networks with their "follow-source" suppliers and intermediaries according to the requirements of local government. Accordingly, a rich body of literature exists on the characteristics of temporal process and spatial organization of automotive lead firm-led reconfigured production networks because their organization is directly significant for local economic development. Additionally, the underlying dynamics mainly emphasize the role of the automotive lead firms or local government and governance with their "follow-source" suppliers focused on a firm-centered analysis. However, these studies overlook the different characteristics of the temporal process and spatial organization of the various automotive lead firms-led reconfigured production networks formed that can dynamically trigger diverse local economic development. Additionally, the underlying dynamics behind the formation of reconfigured production networks ignore the intra-firm dynamics such as assemblers, R&D centers and engines of lead firms and the extra-firm dynamics such as different lead firms interplaying with various levels of states in host regions. This thesis employs quantitative methods such as firm-level data analysis and indicators measuring by Location Quotient index, Global Moran's I and Geographic Information System techniques, as well as semi-structured in-depth interviews analyzing by coding. It examines the temporal process and spatial organization of Japanese reconfigured production networks, particularly the organization with their suppliers in the automotive industry led by various lead firms. It illustrates that the organization of reconfigured production networks of various Japanese lead firms-led in Guangzhou can be regarded as "exclusive networks" characterized by close organization with their "follow-source" suppliers in the formation of trust and long-term relationship whilst displaying relatively weak ties with local suppliers, although the extent of them are different. The most exclusive network is Toyota, followed by Honda and Nissan. Spatially, there exist close inter-firm supply linkages in Japanese automotive firms, centering on their lead firms, having shaped tripartite confrontation of Japanese automotive investment within Guangzhou in terms of the extent of agglomeration, co-location effects, firm-size distribution within the agglomerations, and the effect of spatial autocorrelation. Drawing upon the "strategies" concept of global production networks (GPNs) theory, this thesis further demonstrates the differing extent of exclusive networks led by various lead firms can be interpreted by the different inter-firm partnership strategies between Japanese lead firms and their suppliers or intermediaries; the different agglomeration of spatial organization in the tripartite confrontation can be elucidated by the different three intra-firm coordination strategy of Japanese lead firms, and extra-firm bargaining strategy between Japanese firms (usually lead firms and largest suppliers) and local government. As a result of weak organization with local suppliers, the reconfigured Japanese automotive production networks cannot substantially accelerate the development of Guangzhou's local suppliers industry.

by Li Hau-tak & Ng Man-hung. / Bibliography: leaf 48 / Thesis (M.B.A.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1985