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RESEARCH METHODS IN THEATRE AND PERFORMANCE. Edited by Baz Kershaw and Helen Nicholson. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2011. 256 pp.
This series of nine essays provides insight into current research methodologies from the perspective of United Kingdom higher education. For those watching the emergence of the “Practice as Research” paradigm, Baz Kershaw’s essay with those of four other co-authors give insight. Archival research (Maggie B. Gale and Ann Featherstone), digital performance (Steve Dixon), and other areas from historiography to theatre as lab are included. The locus is not Asian theatre, but the book could provide fruitful discussion in a graduate seminar, and United Kingdom trends affect Asians artists and academics collaborating or studying with United Kingdom scholars.
This series of nine essays provides insight into current research methodologies from the perspective of United Kingdom higher education. For those watching the emergence of the “Practice as Research” paradigm, Baz Kershaw’s essay with those of four other co-authors give insight. Archival research (Maggie B. Gale and Ann Featherstone), digital performance (Steve Dixon), and other areas from historiography to theatre as lab are included. The locus is not Asian theatre, but the book could provide fruitful discussion in a graduate seminar, and United Kingdom trends affect Asians artists and academics collaborating or studying with United Kingdom scholars.
REDEEMER OF THE GODS: A PLAY IN FOUR ACTS. By Arun Sharma. Mount Abu, Rajasthan, India: Arbudal Charities Trust. Rs 150.
This play on the history of Sirohi tells the story of the hero Maharao Surtan, who helped defeat Akbar the Great. The play was commissioned for performance in 2009 by the current maharaja of Sirohi with students of St. Joseph’s High School (Mount Abu, India). A review of this historical narrative of intrigue, reprinted from the Times of India (5 April 2010), hypothesizes that this may be the first Rajput play in English. It is an example of community and educational theatre. [End Page 343]
This play on the history of Sirohi tells the story of the hero Maharao Surtan, who helped defeat Akbar the Great. The play was commissioned for performance in 2009 by the current maharaja of Sirohi with students of St. Joseph’s High School (Mount Abu, India). A review of this historical narrative of intrigue, reprinted from the Times of India (5 April 2010), hypothesizes that this may be the first Rajput play in English. It is an example of community and educational theatre. [End Page 343]
TRANSNATIONAL AUSTRALIAN CINEMA: ETHICS IN THE ASIAN DIASPORAS. By Olivia Khoo, Belinda Smaill, and Audrey Yue. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2013.
The work discusses films by Australians of Asian descent, starting with stereotypes of Asians in early films and progressing to contemporary films made by and for recent communities of Asian descent in Australia. The issues and themes often remind the reader of those that arise for Asian American ethnic groups. The chapters introduce us to how Asians are framed in early cinema, Australian westerns, the post–World War II era, perceptions of interracial couples, and so on. The themes are useful to understanding changing relationships of Anglos with their Asian immigrant communities. [End Page 344]
The work discusses films by Australians of Asian descent, starting with stereotypes of Asians in early films and progressing to contemporary films made by and for recent communities of Asian descent in Australia. The issues and themes often remind the reader of those that arise for Asian American ethnic groups. The chapters introduce us to how Asians are framed in early cinema, Australian westerns, the post–World War II era, perceptions of interracial couples, and so on. The themes are useful to understanding changing relationships of Anglos with their Asian immigrant communities. [End Page 344]
