Shakespeare and East Asia

by Joubin, Alexa Alice

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Title Statements

Full title :Shakespeare and East Asia / Alexa Alice Joubin.

Summary

"Structured around modes in which one might encounter Asian-themed performances and adaptations, Shakespeare and East Asia identifies four themes that distinguish post-1950s East Asian cinemas and theatres from works in other parts of the world: Japanese formalistic innovations in sound and spectacle; reparative adaptations from China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong; the politics of gender and reception of films and touring productions in South Korea and the UK; and multilingual, diaspora works in Singapore and the UK. These adaptations break new ground in sound and spectacle; they serve as a vehicle for artistic and political remediation or, in some cases, the critique of the myth of reparative interpretations of literature; they provide a forum where diasporic artists and audiences can grapple with contemporary issues; and, through international circulation, they are reshaping debates about the relationship between East Asia and Europe. Bringing film and theatre studies together, this book sheds new light on the two major genres in a comparative context and reveals deep structural and narratological connections among Asian and Anglophone performances. These adaptations are products of metacinematic and metatheatrical operations, contestations among genres for primacy, or experimentations with features of both film and theatre." --

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2021
Edition:First edition

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
Place of Publication:Oxford
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2021

The Physical Object

Description:xii, 258 pages : : illustrations ; : 21 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780198703570, 0198703570, 9780198703563, 0198703562
oclc:on1181842798
LC Classification:PR2880.A1
Dewey Decimal:822/.33

The cultural meanings of Shakespeare and Asia today -- 'To unpath'd waters, undream'd shores': sound and spectacle -- 'Our toil shall strive to mend': politics of remediation -- An 'isle full of noises': polyphonic reception -- 'Divided in three our kingdom': multilingualism and diaspora.