Performing Hybridity In Colonial-Modern China Hardcover

India

S. Liu

In Shanghai in the early twentieth century, a hybrid theatrical form, wenmingxi, emerged that was based on Western spoken theatre, classical Chinese theatre, and a Japanese hybrid form known as shinpa. This book places it in the context of its hybridized literary and performance elements, giving it a definitive place in modern Chinese theatre.

1137306106

9781137306104

English

Palgrave MacMillan

20 Mar 2013

245

Siyuan Liu is an assistant professor in the Department of Theatre and Film at the University of British Columbia, Canada.

A substantial and original contribution to modern Chinese drama and performance history with historical scope and cross-cultural perspectives, this book provides insights into a wide range of issues such as self/other, nation/state, modernism, collective consciousness, and gender politics. This meticulous study breaks new ground in our understanding of Chinese performance culture in global contexts and its complex heritage. A must read for students and scholars of modern Chinese theater and its lasting impact on the formation of a 'new' nation. - Xiaomei Chen, Professor of Chinese and Comparative Literature, University of California, Davis, USA