Performing Hybridity in Colonial-Modern China [electronic resource] /
Liu, S.author.
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.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations                            ; Acknowledgments                      ; Note on Translation and Names                                    ; Introduction: Modernity, Interculturalism, and Hybridity                                                               ; 1. Emergence of a National Theatrical Discourse                                                      ; 2. Hybrid Sources: Western, Japanese, and Chinese                                                        ; 3. Hybridization in Shanghai
4. Literary Hybridity: Scripts and Scenarios                                                   5. Translative Hybridity: Acculturation and Foreignization                                                                 ; 6. Performance Hybridity: Searching for Conventions                                                          ; Epilogue               ; Notes            ; Bibliography                   ; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Ethnology—Asia.
Arts.
Performing arts.
Theater—History.
Theater.
Asian Culture.
Arts.
Performing Arts.
Theatre History.
Theatre and Performance Studies.