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Book The Journal of the Burma Research Society

Download or read book The Journal of the Burma Research Society written by Burma Research Society and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book History of the Siamese War ships  by H R H  Prince Damrong Rajanubhab

Download or read book History of the Siamese War ships by H R H Prince Damrong Rajanubhab written by Prince Damrong Râchanoupâp and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book International Journal of Chinese Studies

Download or read book International Journal of Chinese Studies written by Henri Cordier and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 858 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Thai Constructions of Knowledge

Download or read book Thai Constructions of Knowledge written by Manat Chitakasem and published by School of Oriental & African. This book was released on 1991 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Routledge Handbook of Asian Theatre

Download or read book Routledge Handbook of Asian Theatre written by Siyuan Liu and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-02-05 with total page 603 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Routledge Handbook of Asian Theatre is an advanced level reference guide which surveys the rich and diverse traditions of classical and contemporary performing arts in Asia, showcasing significant scholarship in recent years. An international team of over 50 contributors provide authoritative overviews on a variety of topics across Asia, including dance, music, puppetry, make-up and costume, architecture, colonialism, modernity, gender, musicals, and intercultural Shakespeare. This volume is divided into four sections covering: Representative Theatrical Traditions in Asia. Cross-Regional Aspects of Classical and Folk Theatres. Modern and Contemporary Theatres in Asian Countries. Modernity, Gender Performance, Intercultural and Musical Theatre in Asia. Offering a cutting edge overview of Asian theatre and performance, the Handbook is an invaluable resource for academics, researchers and students studying this ever-evolving field.

Book The Making of South East Asia

Download or read book The Making of South East Asia written by G. Coedes and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1983 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Cambridge Guide to Asian Theatre

Download or read book The Cambridge Guide to Asian Theatre written by James R. Brandon and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1997-01-28 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 of theatre in each country, followed by entries on the major theatre forms, and articles on playwrights, actors and directors. The entries are accompanied by rare photographs and helpful reading lists.

Book A History of Siam

    Book Details:
  • Author : William A. R. Wood
  • Publisher : Simon Publications
  • Release : 2001
  • ISBN : 9781931541107
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book A History of Siam written by William A. R. Wood and published by Simon Publications. This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by a British consul living in Thailand, this is the first book in a western language on the country's history, based, almost entirely, on ancient Thai documentation. It covers the subject from the earliest history until the democratic reforms of the early 1930s.

Book The Komedie Stamboel

Download or read book The Komedie Stamboel written by Matthew Isaac Cohen and published by Ohio University Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 497 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originating in 1891 in the Port City of Surabaya, the Komedie Stamboel, or Istanbul-style theater, toured colonial Indonesia, Singapore, and Malaysia by rail and steamship.

Book Theatre in Southeast Asia

Download or read book Theatre in Southeast Asia written by James R. BRANDON and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2009-06-30 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An astonishing variety of theatrical performances may be seen in the eight countries of Southeast Asia-Burma, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam. Brandon's lively, wide-ranging discussion points out interesting similarities and differences among the countries. Many of his photographs are included here.

Book In Search of Korean Traditional Opera

Download or read book In Search of Korean Traditional Opera written by Andrew Killick and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2010-07-15 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first book on Korean opera in a language other than Korean. Its subject is ch’angguk, a form of musical theater that has developed over the last hundred years from the older narrative singing tradition of p’ansori. Andrew Killick examines the history and current practice of ch’angguk as an ongoing attempt to invent a traditional Korean opera form to compare with those of neighboring China and Japan. In this, the work addresses a growing interest within the fields of ethnomusicology and Asian studies in the adaptation of traditional arts to conditions in the modern world. Ch’angguk presents an intriguing case in that, unlike the "invented traditions" described in Hobsbawm and Ranger's influential book that were firmly established within a few years of their invention, ch’angguk remains in a marginal position relative to recognized traditional art forms such as South Korea’s "Important Intangible Cultural Properties" after more than a century. Performers, writers, directors, and historians have looked for ways to make the genre more traditional, including looking outside Korea for comparisons with traditional theater forms in other countries and for recognition of ch’angguk as a national art form by international audiences. For the benefit of readers who have not seen ch’angguk performed, the author begins with a detailed description of a typical performance, illustrated with photographs and musical examples, followed by a history of the genre—from its still disputed origins in the early twentieth century through a major revival under Japanese colonial rule and the flourishing of an all-female version (yosong kukkuk) after Liberation to the efforts of the National Changgeuk Company and others to establish ch’angguk as Korean traditional opera. Killick concludes with analyses of the stories and music of ch’angguk and a personal view on developing a Korean national theater form for international audiences.

Book The Ambiguous Allure of the West

Download or read book The Ambiguous Allure of the West written by Rachel V. Harrison and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2018-05-31 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Ambiguous Allure of the West examines the impact of Western imperialism on Thai cultural development from the 1850s to the present and highlights the value of postcolonial analysis for studying the ambiguities, inventions, and accommodations with the West that continue to enrich Thai culture. Since the mid-nineteenth century, Thais have adopted and adapted aspects of Western culture and practice in an ongoing relationship that may be characterized as semicolonial. As they have done so, the notions of what constitutes "Thainess" have been inflected by Western influence in complex and ambiguous ways, producing nuanced, hybridized Thai identities.The Ambiguous Allure of the West brings together Thai and Western scholars of history, anthropology, film, and literary and cultural studies to analyze how the protean Thai self has been shaped by the traces of the colonial Western Other. Thus, the book draws the study of Siam/Thailand into the critical field of postcolonial theory, expanding the potential of Thai Studies to contribute to wider debates in the region and in the disciplines of cultural studies and critical theory. The chapters in this book present the first sustained dialogue between Thai cultural studies and postcolonial analysis.By clarifying the distinctive position of semicolonial societies such as Thailand in the Western-dominated world order, this book bridges and integrates studies of former colonies with studies of the Asian societies that retained their political independence while being economically and culturally subordinated to Euro-American power.

Book Thai Malay Relations

Download or read book Thai Malay Relations written by Kobkua Suwannathat-Pian and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Earlier studies have shown traditional Thai-Malay relations to be a product of dubious claims on the part of Siam over her weaker neighbors to the south. Here Suwannathat-Pian, using an enormous range of both Thai and Malay sources, argues that the tributary system within its indigenous and historical context provides a more satisfactory account of the development and nature of Thai-Malay relations.

Book Language and Power

Download or read book Language and Power written by Benedict R. O'G. Anderson and published by Equinox Publishing. This book was released on 2006 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this lively book, Benedict R. O'G. Anderson explores the cultural and political contradictions that have arisen from two critical facts in Indonesian history: that while the Indonesian nation is young, the Indonesian nation is ancient originating in the early seventeenth-century Dutch conquests; and that contemporary politics are conducted in a new language. Bahasa Indonesia, by peoples (especially the Javanese) whose cultures are rooted in medieval times. Analyzing a spectrum of examples from classical poetry to public monuments and cartoons, Anderson deepens our understanding of the interaction between modern and traditional notions of power, the mediation of power by language, and the development of national consciousness. Language and Power, now republished as part of Equinox Publishing's Classic Indonesia series, brings together eight of Anderson's most influential essays over the past two decades and is essential reading for anyone studying the Indonesian country, people or language. Benedict Anderson is one of the world's leading authorities on Southeast Asian nationalism and particularly on Indonesia. He is Professor of International Studies and Director of the Modern Indonesia Project at Cornell University, New York. His other works include Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism and The Spectre of Comparisons: Nationalism, Southeast Asia, and the World.

Book The Wheel of the Law

Download or read book The Wheel of the Law written by Henry Alabaster and published by . This book was released on 1871 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: