Chinese Theatre Troupes in Southeast Asia Touring Diaspora, 1900s-1970s
Chinese Theatre Troupes in Southeast Asia Touring Diaspora, 1900s-1970s by Beiyu Zhang offers a detailed account of the cultural history of the Chinese diaspora, published by Routledge in May 2023. This 190-page volume explores the experiences of Chinese theatre troupes as they traveled through Southeast Asia, including locations such as Singapore, Bangkok, Malaya, and Hong Kong, highlighting the interactions between performers and audiences in shaping Chinese performing cultures.
Readers will find an examination of five distinct types of theatre troupes and their diverse cultural practices, shedding light on the complexities of transnational mobility and its impact on diasporic communities. The book discusses how these troupes communicated various discourses influenced by social and political movements in China, and how these meanings evolved through performance. This work is particularly relevant for scholars interested in the intersections of art, history, and the performing arts within the context of the Chinese diaspora and transnational history in Asia.
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“A detailed account of the cultural history of the Chinese diaspora, with a focus on the performers and audiences who were involved in the making of Chinese performing cultures in Southeast Asia. Focusing on five different kinds of theatre troupes from China and their respective travels in Singapore, Bangkok, Malaya and Hong Kong, Zhang examines their different travelling experiences and divergent cultural practices. She thus sheds light on how transnational mobility was embodied, practised and circumscribed in the course of troupes’ travelling, sojourning and interacting with diasporic communities. These troupes communicated diverse discourses and ideologies influences by different social political movements in China, and these meanings were further altered by transmission. By unpacking multiple ways of performing Chineseness that was determined by changing time-space constructions, this volume provides valuable insight for scholars of the Chinese Diaspora, Transnational History and Performing Arts in Asia”–
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