Tian Mei Lanfang and the Twentieth-Century International Stage

Chinese Theatre Placed and Displaced
2012
ISBN: 978-1-137-01043-8
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 308 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History

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.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Tian, M.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

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