Communities of Imagination : : Contemporary Southeast Asian Theatres /

Communities of Imagination : : Contemporary Southeast Asian Theatres / / Catherine Diamond.

Asian theatre is usually studied from the perspective of the major traditions of China, Japan, India, and Indonesia. Now, in this wide-ranging look at the contemporary theatre scene in Southeast Asia, Catherine Diamond shows that performance in some of the lesser known theatre traditions offers a vi...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package
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Diamond, Catherine,
Place / Publishing House:Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2012]
©2012
Year of Publication:2012
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (392 p.) :; 19 illustrations
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface and Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • PART I: The Growing Impact of Women
  • 1. Mae Naak and Phra Ram: Keeping Company on the Contemporary Thai Stage
  • 2. Staging the Doi Moi Generation and the Treasures of Vietnamese Tradition
  • 3. Looking Within: The Balinese Rwa Bhineda and Readjusting Complementary Opposites
  • PART II: Censorship and Global Economics
  • 4. Cambodia's Artistic Renaissance or a New Culture of Dependency?
  • 5. Singapore's Cosmopolitan Identity and Its Theatrical Shadow
  • 6. Dancing with the Censors: Burmese Performing Arts Keep Time
  • PART III: Toward a National Culture
  • 7. The Philippine Theatre's Quest for a Hero(ine)
  • 8. From Fa Ngoum to Hip-Hop Boom: The Faces of Lao Performance
  • 9. Durians, Diversity, and Independence: The Malaysian Theatre Stages Its Multiethnic Heritage
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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