Overview
- Includes detailed first hand accounts an analysis of key performances by one of the leading scholars in the field
- Offers an accessible and highly readable introduction to Korean theatre
- Takes a multidisciplinary approach to Korean performance, drawing on traditional and contemporary cultural touchstone alike
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Table of contents (16 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Introduction to the Examples and to the Method
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On a Few Theatre Productions
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On a Few Theatre-Dance and Dance Performances
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On a Few Cultural Performances
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About this book
This book offers an exploration of the intersection of Korean theatre practice with Western literary theatre. Gangnam Style, K-Pop, the Korean Wave : who hasn't heard of these recent Korean phenomena? Having spent two years in Korea as a theatrical and cultural ‘tourist’, Patrice Pavis was granted an unparalleled look at contemporary Korean culture. As well as analyzing these pop culture mainstays, however, he also discovered many uniquely Korean jewels of contemporary art and performance.
Examining topics including contemporary dance, puppets, installations, modernized pansori, 'Koreanized' productions of European Classics and K-pop and its parody, this book provides a framework for an intercultural and globalized approach to Korean theatre. With the first three chapters of the book outlining methodology, the remaining chapters test – often deconstructing and transforming in the process - this framework, using focused case studies to introduce the reader to the cultural and artistic world of a nation with an increasing international presence in theatre and the arts alike.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Performing Korea
Authors: Patrice Pavis
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-44491-2
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-44490-5Published: 19 January 2017
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-44491-2Published: 12 January 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXVII, 276
Topics: Theatre and Performance Studies, Asian Culture, Cultural Theory, Dance