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This Book Makes A Significant Contribution To Interdisciplinary Engagements Between Theatre Studies And Cultural Geography In Its Analysis Of How Theatre Articulates Transnational Geographies Of Asian Culture And Identity. Deploying A Geographical Approach To Transnational Culture, Rogers Analyses The Cross-border Relationships That Exist Within And Between Asian American, British East Asian, And South East Asian Theatres, Investigating The Effect Of Transnationalism On The Construction Of Identity, The Development Of Creative Praxis, And The Reception Of Works In Different Social Fields. This Book Therefore Examines How Practitioners Engage With One Another Across Borders, And Details The Cross-cultural Performances, Creative Opportunities, And Political Alliances That Result. By Viewing Ethnic Minority Theatres As Part Of Global -- Rather Than Simply National -- Cultural Fields, Rogers Argues That Transnational Relationships Take Multiple Forms And Have Varying Impetuses That Cannot Always Be Equated To Diasporic Longing For A Homeland Or As Strategically Motivated For Economic Gain. This Argument Is Developed Through A Series Of Chapters That Examine How Different Transnational

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Author

Amanda Rogers

Publisher

Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group

Published

2014

Language

EN

ISBN

9781135010331

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Science, Performing Arts, Sports