Translation and the Making of Modern Chinese Theater, 1920s-1950s
Buch, Englisch, 220 Seiten, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm
ISBN: 978-3-032-39665-5
Verlag: Springer Nature Switzerland AG
offers a fresh account of modern Chinese theater by examining how translation and hybridity shaped the rise of , or spoken drama, from the 1920s through the 1950s. Translation in this study expands from a linguistic act into the circulation of theatrical ideas and stage conventions across languages and cultures. Challenging narratives that reduce to an imitation of Western realism, the book shows how practitioners translated Western theatrical traditions and merged them with indigenous forms, thereby creating new and often hybrid modes of performance. Tracing this process of hybridization across Beijing, Guangzhou, Shanghai, and Hong Kong, Barbara Jiawei Li demonstrates how the formation of modern Chinese theater complicates dominant accounts of theater modernity and contributes to broader discussions of transnational theater and performance.
Zielgruppe
Research
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
- Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Theaterwissenschaft
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte
- Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Übersetzungswissenschaft, Translatologie, Dolmetschen
Weitere Infos & Material
Chapter 1: Intertextual Dialogism: The National Theater Movement in 1920s Beijing.- Chapter 2: Cultural Syncretism: The Theater Research Institute in 1930s Guangzhou.- Chapter 3: Devouring the Other: The Bitter Toilers Troupe in 1940s Shanghai.- Chapter 4: Transcultural Mimesis: The Sino-British Club Chinese Drama Group in 1950s Hong Kong.
