戏曲女艺人作为近代新兴的社会群体,在戏曲舞台上异常活跃。女艺人成为城市娱乐文化的重要内容,受到了观众们的追捧,但是同时她们的人格乃至演出水平又饱受质疑。这种对女艺人既接纳又排斥的矛盾态度,正是中国传统性别观在近代的反映。 As an emerging social group in modern times, opera female artists are exceptionally active in the drama stage. Female entertainers have become an important part of the city’s entertainment culture and have been sought after by the audience, but at the same time, their personality and performance level have been questioned. This kind of contradictory attitude towards the acceptance and exclusion of female artistes is exactly what China’s traditional gender outlook reflected in modern times.