Shakespeare and East Asia / Alexa Alice Joubin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Joubin, Alexa Alice, 1973- author.

Contributor:

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.

Series:

Oxford Shakespeare topics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Adaptations.

Shakespeare, William.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Film adaptations.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Stage history--East Asia.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.

East Asia.

Genre:

Adaptations.

Film adaptations.

Physical Description:

xii, 258 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2021.

Summary:

Structured around modes in which one might encounter Asian-themed performances and adaptations, Shakespeare and East Asia identifies four themes that distinguish post-1950s East Asian cinemas and theatres from works in other parts of the world: Japanese formalistic innovations in sound and spectacle; reparative adaptations from China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong; the politics of gender and reception of films and touring productions in South Korea and the UK; and multilingual, diaspora works in Singapore and the UK. These adaptations break new ground in sound and spectacle; they serve as a vehicle for artistic and political remediation or, in some cases, the critique of the myth of reparative interpretations of literature; they provide a forum where diasporic artists and audiences can grapple with contemporary issues; and, through international circulation, they are reshaping debates about the relationship between East Asia and Europe.0Bringing film and theatre studies together, this book sheds new light on the two major genres in a comparative context and reveals deep structural and narratological connections among Asian and Anglophone performances. These adaptations are products of metacinematic and metatheatrical operations, contestations among genres for primacy, or experimentations with features of both film and theatre.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-243) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

9780198703570

0198703570

9780198703563

0198703562

OCLC:

1181842798