Mei Lanfang and the Twentieth-Century International Stage

Chinese Theatre Placed and Displaced

M. Tian (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

308 Seiten

2011
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-0-230-11244-5 (ISBN)

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The first book-length study in any language of the presence and influence of Mei Lanfang, the internationally known Chinese actor who specialized in female roles on the twentieth-century international stage. Tian investigates Mei Lanfang's presence and influence and the transnational and intercultural appropriations of his art.

MIN TIAN Adjunct Assistant Professor at the University of Iowa, USA.

Redefining a Cultural Nation and Reifying a Theatre Tradition: Mei Lanfang's International Debut in Japan "The Gentlemanly 'Leading Lady'" as "Ambassador in Art": Mei Lanfang's 1930-Tour of the United States Glory or Shame to the Chinese Nation: the Chinese Debate on Mei Lanfang's 1935-Visit to the Soviet Union Learning "the practical lesson": The Interpretations and Appropriations of Mei Lanfang's Art by the Soviet Theatre The Effect of Displacement: Bertolt Brecht's Interpretation and Refunctioning of Mei Lanfang's Art

Reihe/Serie	Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History
Zusatzinfo	10 Illustrations, black and white; XI, 308 p. 10 illus.
Verlagsort	Basingstoke
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 216 mm
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV
	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-230-11244-7 / 0230112447
ISBN-13	978-0-230-11244-5 / 9780230112445
Zustand	Neuware