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Abstract: Existing scholarly discussions of theatrical realism have been predominantly limited to 19th-century European and Russian theater, with little attention paid to wider explorations and alternative definitions of the practice. Examining theater forms and artists from China, Japan, and Korea, Realisms in East Asian Performance brings together a group of theater historians to reconsider realism through the performing arts of East Asia. The book's contributors emphasize trans-regional conversations and activate inter-Asian dialogues on theatrical production. Tracing historical trajectories, starting from premodern periods through today, the book seeks to understand realisms' multiple origins, forms, and cultural significances, and examines their continuities, disruptions, and divergences. In its diversity of topics, geographic locations, and time periods, Realisms in East Asian Performance aims to globalize and de-center the dominant narratives surrounding realism in theater, and revise assumptions about the spectacular and theatrical forms of Asian performance. Understanding realism as a powerful representational style, chapters collectively reevaluate acts of representation on stage not just for East Asia, but for theater and performance studies more broadly.

Contributors:

Saltzman-Li, Katherine , editor

Michigan Publishing (University of Michigan) , publisher, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/pbl

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Other Related Resources:

Print version: Realisms in East Asian performance (Ann Arbor [Michigan] : University of Michigan Press, 2023 — ISBN 9780472076420; LCCN 2023023701)

Subjects:

Theater — East Asia — History and criticism

Performing arts — East Asia — History and criticism

East Asian drama — History and criticism

Realism in literature

East Asian drama

Performing arts

Theater

East Asia

Genres:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial 4.0 International License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0
Description based on: Print version record.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Digital Characteristics:

text file

Call Numbers:

PN2860 .R435 2023eb

ISBNs:

9780472903849 (ebook other)
0472903845
9780472076420 (hardcover) [Invalid]
9780472056422 (paperback) [Invalid]

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Digital Object Identifier: 10.3998/mpub.12254299

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2023023702

OCLC Numbers:

1378830310