Transnational Chinese Theatres

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This is the first systematic study of networks of performance collaboration in the contemporary Chinese-speaking world and of their interactions with the artistic communities of the wider East Asian region. It investigates the aesthetics and politics of collaboration to propose a new transnational model for the analysis of Sinophone theatre cultures and to foreground the mobility and relationality of intercultural performance in East Asia. The research draws on extensive fieldwork, interviews with practitioners, and direct observation of performances, rehearsals, and festivals in Asia and Europe. It offers provocative close readings and discourse analysis of an extensive corpus of hitherto untapped sources, including unreleased video materials and unpublished scripts, production notes, and archival documentation.
This is the first systematic study of networks of performance collaboration in the contemporary Chinese-speaking world and of their interactions with the artistic communities of the wider East Asian region. It investigates the aesthetics and politics of collaboration to propose a new transnational model for the analysis of Sinophone theatre cultures and to foreground the mobility and relationality of intercultural performance in East Asia. The research draws on extensive fieldwork, interviews with practitioners, and direct observation of performances, rehearsals, and festivals in Asia and Europe. It offers provocative close readings and discourse analysis of an extensive corpus of hitherto untapped sources, including unreleased video materials and unpublished scripts, production notes, and archival documentation.
Combines textual, performance, and discourse analysis to cover a broad spectrum of productions Includes analysis of productions and practitioners from China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Singapore to foreground historical and contemporary intersections between these scenes Draws attention to transnational networks and modalities of intercultural collaboration

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Rossella Ferrari

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Aesthetics Collaboration Sinophone East Asia Spoken drama Chinese opera huaju xiqu Taiwan Singapore Hong Kong Stanley Kwan Edward Yang Geopolitics

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“Transnational Chinese Theatres: Intercultural Performance Networks in East Asia makes an invaluable contribution … to the decolonization of the academic enterprise. … A must-read for scholars and graduate students across disciplines, Transnational Chinese Theatres will go far to fill gaps in the field’s knowledge of contemporary Chinese theatre and modern East Asian history, while its sophisticated theoretical model will open new paths for the study of the marginalized and the minor in theatre and performance studies.” (Tarryn Li-Min Chun, Theatre Journal, Vol. 72 (3), 2020)

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