Diasporas and interculturalism in Asian performing arts : translating traditions / edited by Hae-kyung Um.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Um, Hae-kyung.

Series:

RoutledgeCurzon--IIAS Asian studies series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Performing arts--Asia.

Performing arts.

Asians.

Foreign countries.

Asia.

Asians--Foreign countries.

Physical Description:

x, 235 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : RoutledgeCurzon, 2005.

Summary:

In an age of globalization, performance is increasingly drawn from intercultural creativity and located in multicultural settings. This volume is the first to focus on the performing arts of Asian diasporas in the context of modernity and multiculturalism. The chapters locate the contemporary performing arts as a discursive field in which the boundaries between tradition and translation, and authenticity and hybridity are redefined and negotiated to create a multitude of meanings and aesthetics in global and local contexts.

Contents:

Identity, modernity and power in the performing arts among the Chinese diasporas / Colin Mackerras

Morphing Chineseness / Fredrick Lau

Community, identity and performing arts / Hae-kyung Um

Dancing in the tomb of Samba / Shuhei Hosokawa

Noisy intersection / Deborah Wong

Arangetrams and manufacturing identity / Magdalen Gorringe

South Asian music in Britain / Gerry Farrell with Jayeeta Bhowmick and Graham Welch

Idealization and change in the music of the Cambodian diaspora / Giovanni Giuriati

Nagi music and community / Paula R. Bos

Jingju (Beijing/Peking 'opera') as international art and as transnational root of cultural identification / Elizabeth Wichmann-Walczak

'Mirrors' of West and 'mirrors' of East / Yayoi Uno Everett

Theatrical collaboration in the age of globalization / Peter Eckersall.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

070071586X

OCLC:

53215736