The Poetics of Difference and Displacement – Twentieth–Century Chinese–Western Intercultural Theatre - Tapa dura

"Min Tian's well-researched and carefully argued book shows Westerners and Chinese fruitfully misunderstanding each other's theatre. Spanning several centuries, but concentrating on the twentieth, Min expounds on Craig, Meyerhold, Brecht, Brook, Barba, an

"The Poetics of Difference and Displacement is an important contribution to the evolving understanding of intercultural theatre. For too long the subject has been viewed largely through the prism of Western culture. Min Tian provides a refreshing balance.

This book views intercultural theatre as a process of displacement and re-placement of various cultural and theatrical forces.