Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996
Synopsis This subject focuses on the contemporary performing arts of several Asian countries, Indonesia, India and Japan, with special emphasis on Indonesian theatre and music. We look at the impact on indigenous theatrical and musical forms of Western and other Asian cultural traditions, and at theatre as a site of interaction between regional traditions and the culture of the nation state. Much attention is given to issues of social and cultural context - who performs, attends and sponsors a performance, its social purpose and general ideological environment.
Assessment Written (9000 words)