The Body at Stake : : Experiments in Chinese Contemporary Art and Theatre / / ed. by Zhao Chuan, Jörg Huber.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package
• MitwirkendeR: Bo, Zheng,; Cheng, Amy,; Chiwei, Lin,; Chuan, Zhao,; Fei, Cao,; Fudong, Yang,; Guang, Yang,; Hong, Zhang,; Huber, Jörg,; Hui, Wen,; Lingyang, Chen,; Nian, Zhang,; Ning, Li,; Shiming, Gao,; Wenguang, Wu,; Yang, Lu,; Yinan, Li,; Yinghua, Lu,; Zheng, Gu,
• HerausgeberIn: Chuan, Zhao,; Huber, Jörg,
• Place / Publishing House: Bielefeld : : transcript Verlag, , [2014]; ©2013
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Edition: 1. Aufl.
• Language: English
• Series: Image ; 49
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (278 p.)

This publication enquires into the role and treatment of the body in the visual culture of contemporary China. What meanings are assigned to the body in artistic practice, what does it represent and what (hi)stories does it refer to? Considerable importance is ascribed to the body as a means of orie...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Content
• Preface
• The Genealogy of the Politics of the Body in Contemporary Chinese Culture
• Fragments of the Body in Chinese Contemporary Art
• The Politics and Poetics of the Body
• A Talk with Xiang Jing
• Portrayal, Definition and Reconstruction of “The Body” in Contemporary Chinese Photography
• Caught in Art’s Haze
• Physical Odyssey
• The Physical Body on the Grass Stage
• Physical Rebels
• Female Memory Begins with the Body
• Theatre: Memory in Progress
• The Body as Strategy for Action in the Taiwanese Cultural Field
• Edges of the Modernist Framework and Beyond
• Picture Essay
• Twelve Flower Months
• A Talk with Jin Feng
• Discussing the Works of Xi Ya Die and Yan Xing
• My Art and the World
• An Interview
• A Concept of Beauty
• The Authors