Touring Variety in the Asia Pacific Region, 1946-1975 (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020)

Aviation extended the horizon of international touring across Asia and the Pacific in the 1950s and 1960s. Nightclubs in Hong Kong, Manila, Melbourne, Singapore, Sydney, Tokyo, and Taipei presented an international array of touring acts. This book investigates how this happened. It explores the post-war formation of the Asia Pacific region through international touring and the transformation of entertainment during the 'jet age' of aviation. Drawing on archival research across the region, Bollen investigates how touring variety forged new relations between artists, audiences, and nations. Mapping tours and tracing networks by connecting fragments, he reveals how versatile artists translated repertoire in circulation as they toured, and how entrepreneurial endeavours harnessed the production of national distinction to government agendas. He argues that touring variety on commercial circuits diversified the repertoire in regional circulation, anticipating the diversity emerging in state-sanctioned multiculturalisms, and driving the government-construction of national theatres for cultural diplomacy.

General

Imprint:	Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Transnational Theatre Histories
Release date:	May 2020
First published:	2020
Authors:	Jonathan Bollen
Dimensions:	210 x 148mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	250
Edition:	1st ed. 2020
ISBN-13:	978-3-03-039410-3
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Theatre, drama > General
LSN:	3-03-039410-7
Barcode:	9783030394103

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