Imagination and Power: A Study of Dramatic Ideology

Author: Zhou Ning
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Publish Date: 2003-12-01
Features: The book begins by exploring the dramatic character of the Boxers, analyzing the ideological significance of theater in specific social and historical contexts. It includes five chapters: starting with an analysis of the "theatrical connection" of the Boxers, it examines the "ideology of traditional Chinese opera," how opera organizes rural public life, and the concepts, values, and modes of thinking it provides for collective identity among the people. It also analyzes the complex relationship between modern Chinese historiography, historical drama creation, theory, and political power. In each chapter, the author maintains the same research perspective and methodology, the same value orientation and knowledge strategy, focusing on the processes and methods of constructing and deconstructing knowledge and concepts in Western and Chinese theatrical arts across different eras. Throughout the chapters of the book, the author consistently adheres to the same research perspective and methodology, the same value orientation and knowledge strategy, emphasizing the processes and methods of constructing and deconstructing knowledge and power in Western and Chinese theatrical arts across different eras, with ideology being a key concept.