East of West: Cross-Cultural Performance and the Staging of Difference

by Claire Sponsler

This ambitious collection offers an innovative look at crosscultural theatrical exchanges. Overturning the argument that Western culture has been imposed on subject cultures in favor of the paradigm of exchange, East of West examines the rich intersection of East and West in film, television shows, stage plays, and operas from a range of countries. The essays show how the East not only has resisted the cultural imperialism of the West but has transformed...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312228155
• ISBN13: 9780312228156
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 230 Pages
• Weight: 0.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.6"