Hokkien Theatre Across The Seas A Socio-Cultural Study /

• Main Author: Chia, Caroline (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Culture.; Emigration and immigration.; Theater.; Theater-History.; Ethnology-Asia.; Sociology of Culture.; Diaspora.; National/Regional Theatre and Performance.; Theatre History.; Asian Culture.

This book examines the interaction of orality and literacy in Hokkien regional theatre. It looks at how such theatrical forms strive to stay relevant in an era of modernisation and secularisation. In doing so, the book examines regional theatre in broader socio-cultural and political contexts and lo...