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Description for East of West
Hardback. BIC Classification: YQS. Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 435.
This ambitious collection offers an innovative look at crosscultural theatrical exchanges. Overturning the argument that Western culture has been imposed on subject cultures in favor of the paradigm of exchange, East of West examines the rich intersection of East and West in film, television shows, stage plays, and operas from a range of countries. The essays show how the East not only has resisted the cultural imperialism of the West but has transformed Western culture into local tradition at the same time as Western performances have poached images, themes, and characters from the East. The essays provide a lively glimpse ... Read more
This ambitious collection offers an innovative look at crosscultural theatrical exchanges. Overturning the argument that Western culture has been imposed on subject cultures in favor of the paradigm of exchange, East of West examines the rich intersection of East and West in film, television shows, stage plays, and operas from a range of countries. The essays show how the East not only has resisted the cultural imperialism of the West but has transformed Western culture into local tradition at the same time as Western performances have poached images, themes, and characters from the East. The essays provide a lively glimpse ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan US
Language
English
Condition
New
Number of Pages
230
Place of Publication
Gordonsville, United States
ISBN
9780312228156
SKU
V9780312228156
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Ref
99-15
About Na Na
Claire Sponsler is Associate Professor of English at the University of Iowa. Xiaomei Chen is Associate Professor of Chinese and Comparative Literatures at Ohio State University.
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