Transnational Performance, Identity and Mobility in Asia

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This pivot considers the history, methodology and practice of Asian theatre and investigates the role of Asian theatre and film in contemporary transnational Asian identities. It critically reviews the topics of transnationalism and intercultural political difference, arguing that the concept of Transnational Asian theatre or 'TransAsia' can promote cultural diversity and social transformation. The book notably offers an understanding of theatre as a cultural laboratory, a repository for diverse histories and a forum for intercultural dialogue, allowing for a better understanding of sociocultural patterns surrounding transnational Asian identity and mobility. Front Matter ....Pages i-xx Encountering the Alienated Self: Hip-Hop Jingju Chasing Chinese Wind in Contemporary Legend Theatre’s 108 Heroes (Ivy I-Chu Chang)....Pages 1-17 Translocal Mobility: Hakka Opera Betrayal Inspired by Shakespeare’s Lost Play Cardenio (Iris H. Tuan)....Pages 19-38 Is Universality Possible in Content and Pedagogy? Les Misérables as an Etude Series for the School Drama Curriculum (William Huizhu Sun)....Pages 39-52 Crossing the Sea: The Ishinha Theater Company’s Geographical Trail (Yasushi Nagata)....Pages 53-67 Lila or Mela? Richard Schechner’s “Play” of the Ramlila of Ramnagar (Tsu-Chung Su)....Pages 69-90 Korean Diaspora and the Moebius Strip: Sung Rno’s Yi Sang Counts to Thirteen and Transnational Avant-Garde Theater (Esther Kim Lee)....Pages 91-103 Noda Hideki’s The Bee and Being Transnational/Intranational (Yoshiko Fukushima)....Pages 105-122 Disequilibrium: Disability, Gender, and Belonging in Mahesh Dattani’s Tara and Manjula Padmanabhan’s Harvest (Kanta Kochhar-Lindgren)....Pages 123-141 The Orient on Ice: Transnational Cultural Portrayals by Asian and Asian American Figure Skaters (John B. Weinstein)....Pages 143-157 Back Matter ....Pages 159-164