The Cambridge Guide to Asian Theatre

Book Overview

A comprehensive and authoritative single-volume reference work on the theatre arts of Asia-Oceania. Nine expert scholars provide entries on performance in twenty countries from Pakistan in the west, through India and Southeast Asia to China, Japan and Korea in the east. An introductory pan-Asian essay explores basic themes - they include ritual, dance, puppetry, training, performance and masks. The national entries concentrate on the historical development...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521588227
• ISBN13: 9780521588225
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 262 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"