Tuo Wang

The Cultural Revolution and Overacting

Dynamics between Politics and Performance

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Produktbeschreibung

This postmodern study of the Chinese Cultural Revolution examines the inner mechanism of the mass movement.Utilizing methodologies of cultural anthropology, linguistics, acting theory, and literary criticism, it reveals how people's performances of their everyday lives functioned as mechanisms of social control.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 184
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 428g
• ISBN-13: 9780739192900
• ISBN-10: 0739192906
• Artikelnr.: 41249789

Autorenporträt

Tuo Wang is a performance studies scholar with a PhD from the Tisch School of the Arts.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1. Rituals in Action: Revolutionary Rituals and the Shaping of
Political Idols and Political Subjects Chapter 2. Deciphering Revolutionary
Language: The Charm of the Big Character Poster Chapter 3: Model Theater:
Modeling the World Chapter 4. Permanent Liminality: The Performance of
Revolutionary Heroic Characters in Everyday Life Chapter 5. Enfranchised
Violence: Public Struggle Meetings Chapter 6. The End of the Cultural
Revolution: The Trial of the Gang of Four