| Record Type: |
Electronic resources
: monographic
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| Author: |
LiuSiyuan, 1964 November 7- |
| Secondary Intellectual Responsibility: |
Palgrave Connect (Online service) |
| Place of Publication: |
New York |
| Published: |
Palgrave Macmillan; |
| Year of Publication: |
[2013] |
| Description: |
1 online resource. |
| Series: |
Palgrave studies in theatre and performance history |
| Subject: |
Theater - History. - China - 20th century - |
| Subject: |
Cultural fusion and the arts. - |
| Online resource: |
http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9781137306111An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click for information |
| Notes: |
Revision of the author's thesis |
| Summary: |
In Shanghai during the early portion of the twentieth century, a hybrid theatrical form emerged that was based on Western spoken theatre, classical Chinese theatre, and a Japanese hybrid form of kabuki and Western-style spoken theatre called "shinpa" (new school drama). Known as "wenmingxi" (civilized drama), this form has, until recently, largely been ignored by scholars in China and the West as it does not fit into the current binary "traditional/modern" model in non-Western theatre and performance studies. This book places "wenmingxi" in the context of its hybridized literary and performance elements, giving it a definitive place in modern Chinese theatre. |
| ISBN: |
9781137306111electronic bk. |
| ISBN: |
1137306114electronic bk. |
| Content Note: |
Introduction: modernity, interculturalism, and hybridity Emergence of a national theatrical discourse Hybrid sources: western, Japanese, and Chinese Hybridization in Shanghai Literary hybridity: scripts and scenarios Translative hybridity: acculturation and foreignization Performance hybridity: searching for conventions Epilogue. |