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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464110703321

Titolo

Contemporary Southeast Asian performance [[electronic resource] ] : transnational perspectives / / edited by Laura Noszlopy and Matthew Isaac Cohen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne, : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2010

ISBN

1-283-14197-3

1-4438-2627-8

9786613141972

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (212 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

NoszlopyLaura

CohenMatthew Isaac

Disciplina

792.0959

Soggetti

Performing arts - Southeast Asia

Theater - Southeast Asia

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

TABLE OF CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; CREATIVITY AND CROSS-CULTURAL COLLABORATION; TRANSNATIONAL AESTHETICS AND BALINESE MUSIC; CAMBODIA'S TRIALS; 'MY DOG GIRL'; 'I AM CULTURES'; NAMELESS, SEXLESS, ROOTLESS, HOMELESS; DEDICATION TO MARI NABESHIMA (1972-2010); ADDITIONAL TRANSNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON SOUTHEAST ASIAN PERFORMANCE; CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Mutual borrowing, fluid transactions and transformations of performances and performers have a long and enduring history in Southeast Asia, but this trend has been heightened and made more vivid in the contemporary period. The omnipresence of global communications has provoked and inspired yet more novel experiments and collaborations between cosmopolitan artists and globally-oriented performers. This volume offers vital insights into recent developments in Southeast Asian performance. It dem...