Description: Bodies and Transformance in Taiwanese Contemporary Theater, Hardcover by Liang, Peilin, ISBN 0367205335, ISBN-13 9780367205331, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US In Bodies and Transformance in Taiwanese Contemporary Theater, Peilin Liang develops a theory of bodily transformation. Proposing the concept of transformance, a conscious and rigorous process of self-cultivation toward a reconceptualized body, Liang shows how theater practitioners of minoritized cultures adopt transformance as a strategy to counteract the embodied practices of ideological and economic hegemony. This book observes key Taiwanese contemporary theater practitioners at work in forging five reconceptualized bodies: the energized, the rhythmic, the ritualized, the joyous, and the (re)productive. By focusing on the development of transformance between the years of 2000–2008, a tumultuous political watershed in Taiwan’s history, the author succeeds in bridging postcolonialism and interculturalism in her conceptual framework. Ideal for scholars of Asian and postcolonial theater, Bodies and Transformance in Taiwanese Contemporary Theater shows how transformance, rather than performance, calibrates with far greater precision and acuity the state of the body and the culture that it seeks to create.
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Book Title: Bodies and Transformance in Contemporary Taiwanese Theater
Number of Pages: 158 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Routledge
Publication Year: 2019
Topic: Theater / History & Criticism, Asia / General, General, Africa / South / Republic of South Africa
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Performing Arts, History
Item Weight: 16.6 Oz
Author: Peilin Liang
Item Length: 9.2 in
Item Width: 6.2 in
Format: Hardcover
