Routledge Handbook of Asian Theatre

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Introduction Siyuan Liu Part I. Traditional Theatre in Asia 1. Traditional Indian Theatre Farley Richmond 2. Traditional Chinese Theatre Colin Mackerras 3. Traditional Japanese Theatre Jonah Salz 4. Traditional Indonesian Theatre I Nyoman Sedana and Kathy Foley Part II. Dimensions of Traditional Asian Theatre 5. Dance in Traditional Asian Theatre India: Arya Madhavan China: Fan Xing Tibet: Kati Fitzgerald Uyghur: Ronald Gilliam Japan: Colleen Lanki Korea: CedarBough T. Saeji Southeast Asia: Kathy Foley Cambodia: Celia Tuchman-Rosta 6. Music in Traditional Asian Theatre India: Arya Madhavan China: Ashley Thorpe Tibet: Kati Fitzgerald Uyghur: Ronald Gilliam Japan: Jay Keister Korea: Andrew Killick Southeast Asia: Kirstin Pauka 7. Masks in Traditional Asian Theatre Tibet: Kati Fitzgerald Korea: CedarBough T. Saeji Japan: Diego Pellecchia Southeast Asia: Margaret Coldiron 8. Puppets in Traditional Asian Theatre Kathy Foley 9. Costume and Makeup in Traditional Asian Theatre India: David Mason China: Alexandra Bonds Japan: Monica Bethe Southeast Asia: Kirstin Pauka and Lauren Meeker 10. Architecture and Stage of Traditional Asian Theatre India: David Mason China: Colin Mackerras Japan: Julie A. Iezzi Southeast Asia: Kathy Foley Part III. Modern Theatre in Asia 11. Modern Indian Theatre Aparna Dharwadker 12. Modern Theatre in Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Sri Lanka Pakistan: David Mason Bangladesh: Syed Jamil Achmed Nepal: Carol C. Davis Sri Lanka: Kanchuka Dharmasiri 13. Modern Japanese Theatre John K. Gillespie 14. Modern Chinese Theatre Siyuan Liu 15. Modern Theatre in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea, and North Korea Hong Kong: Gilbert C. F. Fong and Shelby Kar-yan Chan Taiwai: Katherine Hui-ling Chou Korea: Kim Yun-Cheol North Korea: Ji Hyon (Kayla) Yuh 16. Modern Theatre in Mainland Southeast Asia: Thailand, Burma (Myanmar), Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam Thailand: Pawit Mahasarinand Burma: Ye Taik Laos: Jennifer Goodlander Cambodia: Khoun Chanreaksmey and Siyuan Liu Vietnam: Trinh Nguyen 17. Modern Theatre in Maritime Southeast Asia: Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Singapore Michael Bodden Part IV. Perspectives of Modern and Contemporary Asian Theatre 18. The Beginning of Spoken Theatre: Colonialism and Colonial Modernity India: Anita Singh Indonesia: Matthew Isaac Cohen Japan: Maki Isaka China: Siyuan Liu 19. Gender Performance and the Rise of Actresses in Traditional Asian Theatre India: Anita Singh Japan: Maki Isaka China: Siyuan Liu Southeast Asia: Kathy Foley Case Study: Indonesian Wayang kulit Dalang: Jennifer Goodlander and Ashley Robertson 20. Gender Performance and the Rise of Actresses in Modern Asian Theatre India: Anita Singh Japan: Ayako Kano China: Siyuan Liu Korea: Jan Creutzenberg Southeast Asia: Kathy Foley 21. Modern Asian Theatre and Indigenous Performance India: Anita Singh Japan: Carol Fisher Sorgenfrei China: Siyuan Liu Korea: Jan Creutzenberg Southeast Asia: Kathy Foley 22. Traditional Asian Performance in Modern and Contemporary Times India: Arya Madhavan Japan: Jonah Salz China: Min Tian Korea: CedarBough T. Saeji Southeast Asia: Jennifer Goodlander 23. Intercultural Theatre and Asian Shakespeare Productions in Asia India: Shormishtha Panja Japan: Suematsu Michiko Chinese language theatre: Alexa Huang Southeast Asia: Yong Li Lan 24. Modern Musicals in Asia Japan: Makiko Yamanashi China: Sissi Liu Hong Kong: Gilbert C. F. Fong and Shelby Kar-yan Chan Taiwan: Fan-ting Cheng Korea: Ji Hyon (Kayla) Yuh Southeast Asia: Caleb Goh