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'this is a very useful introduction to a wide variety of theatre genres, institutions and artists, particularly those developed during the post-colonial era.' - Times Literary Supplement
'Writers from almost every nation on earth profile native expressions of music, dance, and puppet an dramatic theater since 1945 and comment on trends in design, training, criticism, and scholarship, in six insightful, inclusive, and entertaining volumes.' New York Public Library named The World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre, Six-Volume Set as one of their Best of Reference selections, April 2002
'... a very useful introduction to a wide variety of theatre genres, institutions and artists, particularly those developed during the post-colonial era.' - Andrew Weintraub Times Literary Supplement August 27 1999
'Writers from almost every nation on earth profile native expressions of music, dance, and puppet an dramatic theater since 1945 and comment on trends in design, training, criticism, and scholarship, in six insightful, inclusive, and entertaining volumes.' New York Public Library named The World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre, Six-Volume Set as one of their Best of Reference selections, April 2002
This volume focuses on the theatre history of Asian countries, and
discusses the specific context of theatre modernization in Asia.
While Asian theatre is one of the primary interests within theatre
scholarship in the world today, knowledge of Asian theatre history
is very limited and often surprisingly incorrect. Therefore, this
volume addresses a major gap in contemporary theatre studies. The
volume discusses the conflict between tradition and modernity in
theatre, suggesting that the problems of modernity are closely
related to the idea of tradition. Although Asian countries
preserved the traditional form and values of their respective
theatres, they had to also confront the newly introduced values or
mechanisms of European modernity. Several papers in this volume
therefore provide critical surveys of the history of theatre
modernization in Asian countries or regions-Japan, Korea, Taiwan,
Hong Kong, India Malaysia, Singapore, and Uyghur. Other papers
focus on specific case studies of the history of modernization,
discussing contemporary Taiwanese performances, translations of
modern French comedy into Chinese, the modernization of Chinese
Xiqu, modern Okinawan plays, Malaysian traditional performances,
Korean national theatre, and Japanese plays during World War II.
Renowned academics and theatre critics have contributed to this
volume, making it a valuable resource for researchers and students
of theatre studies, literature, and cultural studies.
Plant functional traits (PFTs) are thecharacteristics of plant
species which respond to thedominant ecosystem processes of the
habitat.Information on PFTs related to morphological
andphysiological traits are lacking for the drydeciduous woody
species of Vindhyan highlands. In conclusion, present study
indicates that drydeciduous forests of India contain
considerablediversity of functional traits which are
highlyinfluenced by soil moisture conditions. Functionaltraits
examined were strongly affected by site, season and their
interaction, which might be due tophenotypic plasticity helping to
adjust to thecomposition of their communities, thereby
promotingcoexistence and community diversity. Species areadapted to
maximize growth by tolerating water stressfor the maximum possible
duration and when stressreaches the threshold they shed their
leavesrapidly.Photosynthetic rate of species is
prominentlyinfluenced by specific leaf area (SLA), leafchlorophyll
content and intrinsic water useefficiency and modulations in all
these traits governvariations in the relative growth rate (RGR) of
thedry tropical forest species
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