| CHINOPERL: Journal of Chinese Oral and Performing Literature | |
| Former Names: | CHINOPERL Papers (1976–2012) CHINOPERL News (1969–1975)[1] |
| Abbreviation: | CHINOPERL |
| Discipline: | Quyi, Chinese opera, Chinese literature |
| Language: | English |
| Editor: | Margaret B. Wan |
| Publisher: | University of Hawaiʻi Press (2020[2] –) Taylor & Francis (2016–2019) Maney Publishing (2013–2015) Cornell University |
| History: | 1969–present |
| Frequency: | Semiannual |
| Issn: | 0193-7774 |
| Eissn: | 2051-6150 |
| Oclc: | 859188526 |
CHINOPERL: Journal of Chinese Oral and Performing Literature, formerly CHINOPERL Papers and CHINOPERL News, is a peer-reviewed 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.[3]
The acronym CHINOPERL for Chinese Oral and Performing Literature was coined by Yuen Ren Chao.
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.[4] 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.[5]) In 2020, the University of Hawaiʻi Press began to publish this journal.[3]