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Download or read book Staging China written by LI Ruru and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-01-26 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An insightful analysis of more than a dozen Chinese stage productions, Staging China illustrates how Chinese society is reflected by and even constructed through theatre. Scholars from around the globe explore wide-ranging topics including recent approaches to classical theatre, propaganda theatre, and the challenges of independent theatres.
Book Synopsis Representing China on the Historical London Stage by : Dongshin Chang
Download or read book Representing China on the Historical London Stage written by Dongshin Chang and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-02-11 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a critical study of how China was represented on the historical London stage in selected examples from the late seventeenth century to the early twentieth century—which corresponds with the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), China’s last monarchy. The examples show that during this historical period, the stage representations of the country were influenced in turn by Jesuit writings on China, Britain’s expanding material interest in China, the presence of British imperial power in Asia, and the establishment of diasporic Chinese communities abroad. While finding that many of these works may be read as gendered and feminized, Chang emphasizes that the Jesuits’ depiction of China as a country of high culture and in perennial conflict with the Tartars gradually lost prominence in dramatic imaginations to depictions of China’s material and visual attractions. Central to the book’s argument is that the stage representations of China were inherently intercultural and open to new influences, manifested by the evolving combinations of Chinese and English (British) traits. Through the dramatization of the Chinese Other, the representations questioned, satirized, and put in sharp relief the ontological and epistemological bases of the English (British) Self.
Book Synopsis Staging the World by : Rebecca E. Karl
Download or read book Staging the World written by Rebecca E. Karl and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2002-04-22 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Staging the World Rebecca E. Karl rethinks the production of nationalist discourse in China during the late Qing period, between China’s defeat in the Sino-Japanese War in 1895 and the proclamation of the Republic in 1911. She argues that at this historical moment a growing Chinese identification with what we now call the Third World first made the modern world visible as a totality and that the key components of Chinese nationalist discourse developed in reference to this worldview. The emergence of Chinese nationalism during this period is often portrayed as following from China’s position vis-à-vis Japan and the West. Karl has mined the archives of the late Qing period to discern the foci of Chinese intellectuals from 1895 to 1911 to assert that even though the China/Japan/West triangle was crucial, it alone is an incomplete—and therefore flawed—model of the development of nationalism in China. Although the perceptions and concerns of these thinkers form the basis of Staging the World, Karl begins by examining a 1904 Shanghai production of an opera about a fictional partition of Poland and its modern reincarnation as an ethno-nation. By focusing on the type of dialogue this opera generated in China, Karl elucidates concepts such as race, colonization, globalization, and history. From there, she discusses how Chinese conceptions of nationalism were affected by the “discovery” of Hawai’i as a center of the Pacific, the Philippine revolution against the United States, and the relationship between nationality and ethnicity made apparent by the Boer War in South Africa.
Download or read book Operatic China written by D. Lei and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-09-23 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this study Lei focuses on the notion of 'performing Chinese' in traditional opera in the 'contact zones', where two or more cultures, ethnicities, and/or ideologies meet and clash. This work seeks to create discourse among theatre and performance studies, Asian and Asian American studies, and transnational and diasporic studies.
Book Synopsis Home Staging For Dummies by : Christine Rae
Download or read book Home Staging For Dummies written by Christine Rae and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-05-05 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Want to have homebuyers knocking down your door? Home Staging For Dummies delivers all the secrets to making your home stand out, sell faster, and bring in more money! It shows you how to make improvements room by room and generate a higher profit in the most cost- and time-effective way. Featuring eight full-color pages of instructive before-and-after photos, this completely practical guide demonstrates how and why to eliminate clutter, make repairs, arrange furnishings, and pave the way for buyers to make an emotional connection to your house. You’ll get a handle on what buyers want and how to show it to them, find plenty of do-it-yourself tasks that add real value to your home, and get tips on producing photos of your home that will have buyers craving to see more! Discover how to: See your home as prospective buyers will see it Know what needs doing and what doesn’t Master the three-step home staging process Add real value to your home without breaking the bank Decide whether to DIY or call in the pros Create curb appeal Make a great first impression with a beautiful entryway Spruce up your kitchen, bathroom, living, and dining rooms Turn your bedrooms into a buyer’s dream Whip your mechanicals into top shape Avoid staging nightmares Get top dollar for your home — all you need is a little help from Home Staging For Dummies!
Book Synopsis Significant Other by : Claire Conceison
Download or read book Significant Other written by Claire Conceison and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2004-08-31 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chinese views of the United States have shifted dramatically since the 1980s, with changes in foreign relations, increased travel of Chinese citizens to the U.S., and wide circulation of American popular culture in China. Significant Other explores representations of Americans that emerged onstage in China between 1987 and 2002 and considers how they function as racial and cultural stereotypes, political strategy, and artistic innovation. Based on fieldwork in Beijing and Shanghai, it offers a unique view of contemporary Mainland Chinese spoken drama from the perspective of a Western academic who is both a Chinese studies scholar and a theatre practitioner. Claire Conceison’s close readings of recent plays take into account not only the texts of the plays themselves and other primary sources, but also production contexts, creative origins, artistic collaboration, and audience reception. Identifying the American as China’s "significant Other," Conceison introduces the complex cultural relationship between China and the United States, situating it in both the long history of Sino-Western relations and the present dynamics of post-colonialism. She then examines the emergent discourse of Occidentalism, tracing its origins and recent circulation and repositioning it as a discursive strategy to analyze appearances of Americans on the Chinese stage. Conceison maintains that Chinese staging of American characters—often played by local actors made up and costumed as Americans, and more recently played by foreigners themselves—reveals cultural norms and attitudes regarding the United States, reflects Sino-American political relations, articulates Chinese national and cultural identity, and signifies innovation in spoken drama as an art form.
Book Synopsis China on the World Stage by : James Hoge Jr F
Download or read book China on the World Stage written by James Hoge Jr F and published by Council on Foreign Relations. This book was released on 2010-06 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The twenty-first century has been marked by great shifts of power in trade, wealth, and political discourse. China is at the crux of this change, and has quickly become a power of immeasurable influence. However, it is still unclear how China's rise will rebalance the international order. Originally published in Foreign Affairs, the preeminent magazine on foreign policy and international relations, the essays in this book assess the geopolitical consequences of China's rise to power, the development and environmental challenges China faces at home, and its relations with major players like the United States, Russia, and Taiwan. Taken together, the articles portray a global system in deep flux. How individuals and countries adapt is likely to define conflict and peace for the foreseeable future.
Download or read book Shashibiya written by Ruru Li and published by Hong Kong University Press. This book was released on 2003-12-01 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shashibiya is an intriguing discussion of the levels of 'filtering' that any Shakespeare performance in China undergoes, and a close examination of how these filters reflect the continually-changing political, social and cultural practices. The study traces the history of Shakespeare performance in China over the past hundred years, focussing in detail on eleven productions in mainstream, operatic and experimental forms in the post-Mao era. Li Ruru's intimate knowledge of her subject makes this the most up-to-date research available on staging Shakespeare in China.
Book Synopsis Great North American Stage Directors Volume 8 by : James Peck
Download or read book Great North American Stage Directors Volume 8 written by James Peck and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2024-01-25 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The three directors gathered in this volume all approach theatre-making in part as an act of citizenship. Jesusa Rodríguez, Peter Sellars, and Reza Abdoh differ markedly in many important respects, but they all come to the theatre as an intervention in the public sphere. Rodríguez, Sellars, and Abdoh blend a spirit of social critique with acts of democratic community building. These essays examine how theatre, for them, is not a sphere of aesthetic experience insulated from the divisions, antagonisms, and alliances of a conflicted society. It is a way to forge fleeting but consequential communities that might reverberate through that society and affect its future development. The Great North American Stage Directors series provides an authoritative account of the art of directing in North America by examining the work of twenty-four major practitioners from the late 19th century to the present. Each of the eight volumes examines three directors and offers an overview of their practices, theoretical ideas, and contributions to modern theatre. The studies chart the life and work of each director, placing his or her achievement in the context of other important theatre practitioners and broader social history. Written by a team of leading experts, the series presents the genealogy of directing in North America while simultaneously chronicling crucial trends and championing contemporary interpretation.
Book Synopsis Staging Holocaust Resistance by : Gene A. Plunka
Download or read book Staging Holocaust Resistance written by Gene A. Plunka and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-04-24 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Plunka argues that drama is the ideal art form to revitalize the collective memory of Holocaust resistance. This comparative drama study examines a variety of international plays - some quite well-known, others more obscure - that focus on collective or individual defiance of the Nazis.
Book Synopsis A Critical Companion to the American Stage Musical by : Elizabeth L. Wollman
Download or read book A Critical Companion to the American Stage Musical written by Elizabeth L. Wollman and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-09-21 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Critical Companion to the American Stage Musical provides the perfect introductory text for students of theatre, music and cultural studies. It traces the history and development of the industry and art form in America with a particular focus on its artistic and commercial development in New York City from the early 20th century to the present. Emphasis is placed on commercial, artistic and cultural events that influenced the Broadway musical for an ever-renewing, increasingly broad and diverse audience: the Gilded Age, the Great Depression, the World War II era, the British invasion in the 1980s and the media age at the turn of the twenty-first century. Supplementary essays by leading scholars provide detailed focus on the American musical's production and preservation, as well as its influence on daily life on the local, national, and international levels. For students, these essays provide models of varying approaches and interpretation, equipping them with the skills and understanding to develop their own analysis of key productions.
Book Synopsis Stage Designers in Early Twentieth-Century America by : E. Essin
Download or read book Stage Designers in Early Twentieth-Century America written by E. Essin and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-12-23 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By casting designers as authors, cultural critics, activists, entrepreneurs, and global cartographers, Essin tells a story about scenic images on the page, stage, and beyond that helped American audiences see the everyday landscapes and exotic destinations from a modern perspective.
Book Synopsis Uncle Tom's Cabin on the American Stage and Screen by : J. Frick
Download or read book Uncle Tom's Cabin on the American Stage and Screen written by J. Frick and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-11-12 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No play in the history of the American stage has been as ubiquitous and as widely viewed as Uncle Tom's Cabin. This book traces the major dramatizations of Stowe's classic from its inception in 1852 through modern versions on film. Frick introduces the reader to the artists who created the plays and productions that created theatre history.
Download or read book HIT THE STAGE written by Tim Hackemack and published by Hirnkost. This book was released on 2021-01-01 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Touring, touring is never boring, sangen die Ramones 1981. Der große Traum jedes Musikers, immer auf Tour zu sein im großen Nightliner, eine Stunde auf die Bühne und dann jeden Abend Party. Wie die Realität aussieht, erzählen 30 Punk-, Oi- und Hardcorebands aus 14 Ländern in Tim Hackemacks neuem zweisprachigen Buch "Hit the Stage". Von Südkorea über Argentinien bis Polen berichten Musiker über Langeweile auf Tour, Probleme, Auftritte zu finden, das Musikbusiness im Großen wie im Kleinen, und erzählen Geschichten aus ihrem Tourleben. Dazu ist Hirnkost-Autor Tim Hackemack auch auf Tour gegangen, um Konzerte von allen Bands zu besuchen und das Buch mit über 1.000 Fotos aus großen Hallen, Festivals und vielen kleinen Clubs zu bestücken. Stagehands, Tourfotografen, Booker und Mercher berichten über ihre Arbeit neben der Bühne. Die Fotos zeigen die eine Stunde des Tages, die alle lieben. Die Interviews berichten über die restlichen 23 Stunden, die dafür nötig sind, dass man eine Stunde gut aussieht. Featuring Agnostic Front, Discharge, The Movement, Dritte Wahl, Slime, Razors, Abwärts, Aggressive, Gum Bleed, Grade 2, Kevin Seconds, Lion's Law, Menace, The Generators, TV Smith, The Veggers, Bishops Green, C4 Service, Die Lokalmatadore, COR, Friedemann, The Manges, The Outcasts, The Peacocks, The Analogs, Zona 84, Rantanplan, Shandy, Mr. Irish Bastard, Die Mimmis. Touring, touring is never boring, sangen die Ramones 1981. Der große Traum jedes Musikers, immer auf Tour zu sein im großen Nightliner, eine Stunde auf die Bühne und dann jeden Abend Party. Wie die Realität aussieht, erzählen 30 Punk-, Oi- und Hardcorebands aus 14 Ländern in Tim Hackemacks neuem zweisprachigen Buch "Hit the Stage". Von Südkorea über Argentinien bis Polen berichten Musiker über Langeweile auf Tour, Probleme, Auftritte zu finden, das Musikbusiness im Großen wie im Kleinen, und erzählen Geschichten aus ihrem Tourleben. Dazu ist Hirnkost-Autor Tim Hackemack auch auf Tour gegangen, um Konzerte von allen Bands zu besuchen und das Buch mit über 1.000 Fotos aus großen Hallen, Festivals und vielen kleinen Clubs zu bestücken. Stagehands, Tourfotografen, Booker und Mercher berichten über ihre Arbeit neben der Bühne. Die Fotos zeigen die eine Stunde des Tages, die alle lieben. Die Interviews berichten über die restlichen 23 Stunden, die dafür nötig sind, dass man eine Stunde gut aussieht. Featuring Agnostic Front, Discharge, The Movement, Dritte Wahl, Slime, Razors, Abwärts, Aggressive, Gum Bleed, Grade 2, Kevin Seconds, Lion's Law, Menace, The Generators, TV Smith, The Veggers, Bishops Green, C4 Service, Die Lokalmatadore, COR, Friedemann, The Manges, The Outcasts, The Peacocks, The Analogs, Zona 84, Rantanplan, Shandy, Mr. Irish Bastard, Die Mimmis. Zur Auswahl stehen 4 verschieden Cover Dritte Wahl Edition Discharge Edition Agnostic Front Edition Razors Edition
Book Synopsis Staging Fashion by : Tiziana Ferrero-Regis
Download or read book Staging Fashion written by Tiziana Ferrero-Regis and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2020-12-10 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fashion show and its spaces are sites of otherness, representing everything from rebellion and excess through to political and social activism. This conceptual and stylistic variety is reflected in the spaces they occupy, whether they are staged in an industrial warehouse, on a city street, or out in the open landscape. Staging Fashion is the first collection of essays about the presentation and staging of fashion in runway shows in the period from the 1960s to the 2010s. It offers a fresh perspective on the many collaborations between artists, architects and interior designers to reinforce their interdisciplinary links. Fashion, architecture and interiors share many elements, including design, history, material culture, aesthetics and trends. The research and ideas underpinning Staging Fashion address how fashion and the spatial fields have collaborated in the creation of the space of the fashion show. The 15 essays are written by fashion, interior, architecture and design scholars focusing on the presentation of fashion within the runway space, from avant-garde practices and collaboration with artists, to the most spectacular and commercial shows of recent years, from Prada to Chanel.
Book Synopsis Theatre and Religion on Krishna’s Stage by : D. Mason
Download or read book Theatre and Religion on Krishna’s Stage written by D. Mason and published by Springer. This book was released on 2009-05-25 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Theatre and Religion on Krishna s Stage examines the history and form of India's râs lila folk theatre, and discusses how this theatre functions as a mechanism of worship and spirituality among Krishna devotees in India. From analyses of performances and conversations with performers, audience, and local scholars, Mason argues that râs lila actors and audience alike actively assume roles that locate them together in the spiritual reality that the play represents. Correlating Krishna devotion and theories of religious experience, this book suggests that the emotional experience of theatrical fiction may arise from the propensity of audiences to play out roles of their own through which they share a performance's reality.
Book Synopsis Performing Magic on the Western Stage by : L. Hass
Download or read book Performing Magic on the Western Stage written by L. Hass and published by Springer. This book was released on 2008-12-08 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Performing Magic on the Western Stage examines magic as a performing art and as a meaningful social practice, linking magic to cultural arenas such as religion, finance, gender, and nationality and profiling magicians from Robert-Houdin to Pen& Teller.
