Staging nation : English language theatre in Malaysia and Singapore / Jacqueline Lo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lo, Jacqueline.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Theater and state--Malaysia.

Theater and state.

Theater and state--Singapore.

English language--Political aspects--Malaysia.

English language.

English language--Political aspects--Singapore.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (241 p.)

Other Title:

English language theatre in Malaysia and Singapore

English language theater in Malaysia and Singapore

Place of Publication:

Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Staging Nation examines the complex relationship between the theatrical stage and the wider stage of nation building in postcolonial Malaysia and Singapore. In less than fifty years, locally written and produced English language theatre has managed to shrug off its colonial shackles to become an important site of community expression. This groundbreaking comparative study discusses the role of creative writing and the act of performance as actual political acts and as interventions in national self-constructions. It argues that certain forms of theatre can be read as emerging oppositional cult

Contents:

Contents; Foreword; Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction: States of Play; Chapter 1: Scripting the Nation; Chapter 2: Conditions of Production; Chapter 3: Return of the 'Native': The Cord; Chapter 4: Disrupting the Culture of Silence: 1984 Here And Now; Chapter 5: Complicity and Subversion:Emily of Emerald Hill; Chapter 6: Competing Subjectivities:The Coffin Is Too Big for the Hole; Chapter 7: Conclusion: Playful Strategies; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-224) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-282-70711-6

9786612707117

988-220-281-0

OCLC:

651024812