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Abstract: After the First Opium War (1839-1842), China experienced radical social changes, including the introduction of modern education and the rise of Chinese youth as a prominent social force. At the turn of the century, new drama, a new form of theatre influenced by Western performance culture, first appeared in St. John's College in Shanghai and quickly spread among Chinese students and other ... read morecommunities. This thesis unpacks the relationship between student theatre and youth culture from the 1890s to the 1920s. It draws from the model of interweaving performance cultures to account for the hybridity of new drama and refers to the framework of colonial modernity for historical contextualization. By examining three student productions and analyzing the case study of Hong Shen, it argues that student theatre served as a conduit of youth culture, namely, a strong sense of civic engagement and the willingness to learn from the Western experience.
Thesis (M.A.)--Tufts University, 2016.
Submitted to the Dept. of Drama.
Advisor: Noe Montez.
Committee: Laurence Senelick, and Xueping Zhong.
Keywords: Theater, Theater history, and Asian studies.read less
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