Spectre of Tradition Aesthetic Political Movement of Theatre - An Intercultural Perspective

This book interrogates anew the phenomenon of tradition in a dialogical debate with a host of Western thinkers and critical minds.

List of contents

Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter 1: The Legitimation of Tradition and the Construction of an Intercultural Myth - Mei Lanfang Remembers Stanislavsky
Chapter 2: The Refraction of Tradition - Meyerhold's and Stanislavsky's Approaches to Pushkin and Meyerhold's Pushkinization of Mei Lanfang's Art
Chapter 3: The Consecration of Tradition - Eisenstein's Approach to Chinese Theatre and Culture
Chapter 4: The Uncanny Quotability of Tradition: Walter Benjamin's Interest in Chinese
Cultural Traditions
Chapter 5: The Fabrication of Tradition - Lady Precious Stream, a Chinese Chinoiserie Anglicized on Modern British Stage
Chapter 6: The Reification of Tradition - Meyerhold's Influence on Twentieth-Century Japanese and Chinese Theatres
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index

About the author

Min Tian has taught as an Associate Professor at the China Central Academy of Drama and currently works at the University of Iowa, USA.

Summary

This book interrogates anew the phenomenon of tradition in a dialogical debate with a host of Western thinkers and critical minds.

Product details

• Authors: Min Tian, Tian Min
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.05.2024
• EAN: 9781032146966
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3214696-6
• No. of pages: 286
• Series: Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Ethnic Studies, Sociology, The arts: general issues, HISTORY / World, PERFORMING ARTS / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / History & Criticism, DRAMA / Asian / General, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Theatre Studies, Social and cultural anthropology, Asian History, Performance Art, Literary studies: plays & playwrights, Literary studies: plays and playwrights, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / Eastern, The arts: general topics, LITERARY CRITICISM / Russian & Soviet, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / Asian Studies