This volume gives Asia's Shakespeares the critical, theoretical,
and political space they demand, offering rich, alternative ways of
thinking about Asia, Shakespeare, and Asian Shakespeare based on
Asian experiences and histories. Challenging and supplementing the
dominant critical and theoretical structures that determine
Shakespeare studies today, close analysis of Shakespeare's Asian
journeys, critical encounters, cultural geographies, and the
political complexions of these negotiations reveal perspectives
different to the European. Exploring what Shakespeare has done to
Asia along with what Asia has done with Shakespeare, this book
demonstrates how Shakespeare helps articulate Asianess, unfolding
Asia's past, reflecting Asia's present, and projecting Asia's
future. This is achieved by forgoing the myth of the Bard's
universality, bypassing the authenticity test, avoiding merely
descriptive or even ethnographic accounts, and using caution when
applying Western theoretical frameworks. Many of the productions
studied in this volume are brought to critical attention for the
first time, offering new methodologies and approaches across
disciplines including history, philosophy, sociology, geopolitics,
religion, postcolonial studies, psychology, translation theory,
film studies, and others. The volume explores a range of examples,
from exquisite productions infused with ancient aesthetic
traditions to popular teen manga and television drama, from
state-dictated appropriations to radical political commentaries in
areas including Japan, India, Taiwan, Korea, Indonesia, China, and
the Philippines. This book goes beyond a showcasing of Asian
adaptations in various languages, styles, and theatre traditions,
and beyond introductory essays intended to help an unknowing
audience appreciate Asian performances, developing a more inflected
interpretative dialogue with other areas of Shakespeare studies.
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