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Representing China on the Historical London Stage: From Orientalism to Intercultural Performance: Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies

Autor Dongshin Chang
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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.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780415855716
ISBN-10: 0415855713
Pagini: 216
Ilustrații: 18 black & white illustrations, 18 black & white halftones
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.43 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Seria Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies

Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom

Public țintă

Postgraduate and Undergraduate

Cuprins

Introduction: From Orientalism to Intercultural Performance 1. "History and Truth": The Conquest of China by the Tartars (1675)  2. "China-Mania": The Chinese Festival (1755) and The Orphan of China (1759) 3. Open Views of China: The Literary Works of John Francis Davis and the Spectacular Chinese Sorcerer (1823)  4. Chinaface Attractions: A Chinese Honeymoon (1901-1904), The Yellow Jacket (1913), and Mr. Wu (1913-1914)  Epilogue: Aladdin Pantomimes, Chinesely British

Notă biografică

Dongshin Chang is Assistant Professor in the Department of Theatre at Hunter College of the City University of New York, USA.

Descriere

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.