A detailed account of the cultural history of the Chinese diaspora, with a focus on the performers and audiences who were involved in the making of Chinese performing cultures in Southeast Asia. Focusing on five different kinds of theatre troupes from China and their respective travels in Singapore, Bangkok, Malaya and Hong Kong, Zhang examines their different travelling experiences and divergent cultural practices. She thus sheds light on how transnational mobility was embodied, practised and circumscribed in the course of troupes’ travelling, sojourning and interacting with diasporic communities. These troupes communicated diverse discourses and ideologies influenced by different social political movements in China, and these meanings were further altered by transmission. By unpacking multiple ways of performing Chineseness that was determined by changing time-space constructions, this volume provides valuable insight for scholars of the Chinese Diaspora, Transnational History and Performing Arts in Asia.
| ISBN: | 9781032013046 |
| Publication date: | 31st May 2023 |
| Author: | Beiyu Zhang |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 190 pages |
| Series: | Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia |
| Genres: |
Theatre studies Asian history Cultural studies Performance art Social and cultural history |
A detailed account of the cultural history of the Chinese diaspora, with a focus on the performers and audiences who were involved in the making of Chinese performing cultures in Southeast Asia. Focusing on five different kinds of theatre troupes from China and their respective travels in Singapore, Bangkok, Malaya and Hong Kong, Zhang examines their different travelling experiences and divergent cultural practices. She thus sheds light on how transnational mobility was embodied, practised and circumscribed in the course of troupes’ travelling, sojourning and interacting with diasporic communities. These troupes communicated diverse discourses and ideologies influenced by different social political movements in China, and these meanings were further altered by transmission. By unpacking multiple ways of performing Chineseness that was determined by changing time-space constructions, this volume provides valuable insight for scholars of the Chinese Diaspora, Transnational History and Performing Arts in Asia.
Chinese Theatre Troupes in Southeast Asia features in the following genres: Theatre studies, Asian history, Cultural studies, Performance art, Social and cultural history
Chinese Theatre Troupes in Southeast Asia is available in Paperback, Hardback, Ebook
Chinese Theatre Troupes in Southeast Asia was written by Beiyu Zhang and published by Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd
Chinese Theatre Troupes in Southeast Asia has 190 pages
Yes it is part of Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia series
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