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Book Title
Frances Ya-chu Cowhig's China Trilogy : Three Parables of Global
ISBN
9781350234376
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Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN-10
1350234370
ISBN-13
9781350234376
eBay Product ID (ePID)
14050090263

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
248 Pages
Publication Name
Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig's China Trilogy: Three Parables of Global Capital : The World of Extreme Happiness; Snow in Midsummer; the King of Hell's Palace
Language
English
Publication Year
2021
Subject
Theater / Playwriting, American / General
Type
Textbook
Author
Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig
Subject Area
Drama, Performing Arts
Series
Methuen Drama Play Collections
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
10.6 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.1 in

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Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2021-391730
Reviews
Fearless, zippily-paced, and satirical, shining a light on Chinese society's necessary doublethink, be that willful blindness to the political past, or an equally blind belief in an impossibly brilliant future.|9781350234376|, Some playwrights have a gift to amuse; Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig has a darker gift. Anyone with romantic notions of Chinese culture will be unsettled by the jagged, unsentimental portrait of modern urban China., "Some playwrights have a gift to amuse; Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig has a darker gift. Anyone with romantic notions of Chinese culture will be unsettled by the jagged, unsentimental portrait of modern urban China." -- Chicago Reader ""Fearless, zippily-paced, and satirical, shining a light on Chinese society's necessary doublethink, be that willful blindness to the political past, or an equally blind belief in an impossibly brilliant future." -- Independent (on The King of Hell's Palace) "An expansive, ambitious play about trauma and passion" -- The Stage (on Snow in Midsummer) "Cowhig speaks bitterness and makes us sit up and listen" -- Lyn Gardner The Guardian (on The World of Extreme Happiness)
Dewey Edition
23
Series Volume Number
10
Dewey Decimal
812.6
Table Of Content
1. Editorial Preface (Chambers-Letson) - A brief preface introducing the volume and its structure. 2. General Introduction (Mok) - An introduction to Cowhig's work and the process behind the China Plays 3. The World of Extreme Happiness (Cowhig) 4. World Afterword (Chambers-Letson) 5. Snow in Midsummer (Cowhig) 6. Snow Afterword (Chambers-Letson) 7. The King of Hell's Palace (Cowhig) 8. King Afterword (Chambers-Letson) 9. Transcribed Conversation w/ Cowhig, Chambers-Letson, and Mok
Synopsis
"Some playwrights have a gift to amuse; Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig has a darker gift. Anyone with romantic notions of Chinese culture will be unsettled by the jagged, unsentimental portrait of modern urban China." (Chicago Reader) Poetic and devastating, sensuous and politically acute, Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig's China Plays explore the forces of global capital as they explode within the lives of everyday people in contemporary China. This volume collects together the three plays in the series, including Cowhig's exploration of the human cost of development in China's socialist market economy ( The World of Extreme Happiness ), of justice and revenge amidst ecological and economic catastrophe ( Snow in Midsummer ), and the tale of the trade in blood that brought the AIDS crisis to rural China ( The King of Hell's Palace ). In addition to Cowhig's plays, the volume includes a host of supplemental materials including an editorial preface and three (previously published) brief essays responding to each play by the editor, Joshua Chambers-Letson; a new introduction by theatre/performance scholar and dramaturg Christine Mok that explores the key themes in Cowhig's body of work; a summary discussion between Cowhig, Chambers-Letson, and Mok, on Cowhig's process and the political and aesthetic currents animating her work. The World of Extreme Happiness: " Fearless, zippily-paced, and satirical . . . Cowhig forces us down the long hard look path" (Independent) Snow in Midsummer : "Gripping and affecting... graceful and impassioned" (Times) The King of Hell's Palace: "A medical-scandal drama that we can't afford to ignore" (Telegraph)
LC Classification Number
PS3603.O8888

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