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Highlights
- This book illustrates how local awareness of Western cultural hegemonic entities such as Broadway and Shakespeare have been implemented within South Korean theatre in the global era.
- About the Author: Hyunjung Lee is an Assistant Professor in the Division of English at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
- 171 Pages
- Performing Arts, Theater
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About the Book
By illuminating the complex interconnections between the performing body and individual and collective identities, this book reveals contemporary South Korean performance as social and political practice through the workings of theatre-making within a wide range of historical, national, and transnational contexts. The selected theatre productions: "The Last Empress the Musical," "Nanta," "Seoul Line 1," Korean Shakespeare plays, and The Korean National Ballet Company's "Prince Hodong" -- illustrate how various performances of the Korean-ness conspire with, contradict, and negotiate Korean cultural nationalism as well as disparate entities of Western cultural hegemony. Hyunjung Lee extrapolates how the debates on the cultural status of South Korea, along with the incessant task of representing the nation, have been already and always embedded within the questions of what the country's national identity should be and, thus, what it should look like.Book Synopsis
This book illustrates how local awareness of Western cultural hegemonic entities such as Broadway and Shakespeare have been implemented within South Korean theatre in the global era. With a focus on performances that targeted global audiences, Lee explores the ways in which Korea's nationalistic desires for global visibility are projected on stage.About the Author
Hyunjung Lee is an Assistant Professor in the Division of English at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Her articles have appeared in Korea Journal, Theatre Research International, and in the Journal of Popular Culture, among others. She has also co-edited a journal special issue entitled "Colonial Modernity and Beyond: In East Asian Contexts" in Cultural Studies (2012).Dimensions (Overall): 8.5 Inches (H) x 5.5 Inches (W) x .56 Inches (D)
Weight: .81 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 171
Genre: Performing Arts
Sub-Genre: Theater
Publisher: Palgrave Pivot
Theme: History & Criticism
Format: Hardcover
Author: H Lee & Hyunjung Lee
Language: English
Street Date: March 24, 2015
TCIN: 1005549532
UPC: 9781137453570
Item Number (DPCI): 247-27-7844
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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Estimated ship weight: 0.81 pounds
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