Min Tian

The Spectre of Tradition and the Aesthetic-Political Movement of Theatre and Performance (eBook, ePUB)

An Intercultural Perspective

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book interrogates anew the phenomenon of tradition in a dialogical debate with a host of Western thinkers and critical minds.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 294
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Oktober 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000737837
• Artikelnr.: 65658270

Autorenporträt

Min Tian has taught as an Associate Professor at the China Central Academy of Drama and currently works at the University of Iowa, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter 1: The Legitimation of Tradition and the Construction of an
Intercultural Myth - Mei Lanfang Remembers Stanislavsky
Chapter 2: The Refraction of Tradition - Meyerhold's and Stanislavsky's
Approaches to Pushkin and Meyerhold's Pushkinization of Mei Lanfang's Art
Chapter 3: The Consecration of Tradition - Eisenstein's Approach to Chinese
Theatre and Culture
Chapter 4: The Uncanny Quotability of Tradition: Walter Benjamin's Interest
in Chinese
Cultural Traditions
Chapter 5: The Fabrication of Tradition - Lady Precious Stream, a Chinese
Chinoiserie Anglicized on Modern British Stage
Chapter 6: The Reification of Tradition - Meyerhold's Influence on
Twentieth-Century Japanese and Chinese Theatres
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index