Silk Road: The Study Of Drama Culture

Silk Road: The Study of Drama Culture is the translated edition of the Chinese academic book of the same title written by Professor LI Qiang from Shaanxi Normal University, China. The book breaks through the concept of regarding Han Drama as the center, yet elaborates the Silk Road drama as an inclusive culture and a prevailing literary art form in human civilization. Relying on his extensive experience and broad vision, the author conducts the thorough study by means of literature, artifacts and academic fieldwork. The book studies the drama culture of all ethnic groups from Asia, Europe and Africa and touches upon the cultural exchanges between China and its neighboring countries, between the East and the West. The carefully presented details in this book are aimed to explore all the related fields such as dramaturgy, philology, phonology, religion, history, geography, archeology, ethnology, and folklore between the East and the West from the perspective of cultural anthropology. The explanations in the book contribute to an in-depth study on the origins of the Silk Road and the drama culture along the Silk Road.

Product details

• Authors: Qiang Li, Li Qiang, Qiang Li, Qiang Li & Fen Gao
• Assisted by: Fen Gao (Translation), Fen Gao (Translation)
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.04.2019
• EAN: 9789813202955
• ISBN: 978-981-3202-95-5
• Series: Series on China's Belt and Roa; Series On China's Belt And Road Initiative
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, HISTORY / Asia / China, DRAMA / Asian / General, Social & cultural anthropology, Social and cultural anthropology