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"Performing Commemoration: The Cultural Politics of Locating Tang Xianzu and Shakespeare." Asian Theatre Journal 36.2 (Fall 2019): 275-280
- Author(s):
- Alexa Alice Joubin (see profile)
- Date:
- 2019
- Group(s):
- GS Drama and Performance, LLC East Asian, LLC Modern and Contemporary Chinese, LLC Shakespeare, MS Screen Arts and Culture
- Subject(s):
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, China, Educaton, Memory, Globalization
- Item Type:
- Article
- Tag(s):
- Tang Xianzu, commemoration, Sino-british relations, Shakespeare, Chinese studies, Adaptation
- Permanent URL:
- http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/va9f-xz12
- Abstract:
- Cultural memory is actively constructed through embodied and political performances. Tang Xianzu and William Shakespeare, two "national poets" of unequal global stature, have recently become vehicles for British and Chinese cultural diplomacy and exchange during their quatercentenary in 2016. The culture of commemoration is a key factor in Tang's and Shakespeare's positions within world theatre. Performances of commemoration take a wide range of approaches from grass-root events to government-sponsored festivals. With a comparative scope that explores the afterlives of the two dramatists, this cluster of essays examines commemorative practices, the dynamics of artistic fame, comparability of different dramatic traditions, and transformations of performance styles in socio-historical contexts.
- Notes:
- https://muse.jhu.edu/article/734811 https://uhpress.hawaii.edu/product/atj/
- Metadata:
- xml
- Published as:
- Journal article
- Status:
- Published
- Last Updated:
- 4 years ago
- License:
- Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike
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