| Discipline | Quyi , Chinese opera, Chinese literature |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Edited by | Margaret B. Wan [1] |
| Publication details | |
Former names | CHINOPERL Papers (1976–2012) CHINOPERL News (1969–1975) [1] |
| History | 1969–present |
| Publisher | University of Hawaiʻi Press (2020 [2] –) Taylor & Francis (2016–2019) Maney Publishing (2013–2015) Cornell University |
| Frequency | Semiannual [1] |
| Standard abbreviations | |
| ISO 4 | CHINOPERL |
| Indexing | |
| ISSN | 0193-7774 (print) 2051-6150 (web) |
| OCLC no. | 859188526 |
CHINOPERL: Journal of Chinese Oral and Performing Literature, formerly CHINOPERL Papers and CHINOPERL News, is a peer-reviewed [3] American academic journal dedicated to the study of Chinese performing arts like quyi and xiqu (Chinese opera). It is the only western-language journal devoted to this field. [4]
The acronym CHINOPERL for Chinese Oral and Performing Literature was coined by Yuen Ren Chao. [5]
The CHINOPERL (Chinese Oral and Performing Literature) organization was founded in 1969 by a group of sinologists which included Yuen Ren Chao and his daughter Rulan Chao Pian, Nicholas Bodman, Milena Dolezelova, and Wolfram Eberhard, during a meeting at Cornell University. [5] Its official publication was initially a newsletter titled CHINOPERL News. In 1976 it became a journal titled CHINOPERL Papers, and in 2013 it was renamed CHINOPERL: Journal of Chinese Oral and Performing Literature when it first published under Maney Publishing. (Maney was purchased by Taylor & Francis in 2016. [3] ) In 2020, the University of Hawaiʻi Press began to publish this journal. [4]