Dramatizing the West in Chinese Spoken Drama

Arguing from Foucault's theory of the disappearing author, C. Fei claims that Chinese playwrights do not place individualistic signatures on their work, a phenomenon particularly noticeable in plays dealing with China's foreign relations of the 1949-1976 period. She investigates the anti-imperialist huaju drama of that era, during which the outside world was perceived according to Maoist doctrine as the enemy and foreigners were considered devils. Faye C. Fei holds her Ph.D. from the City University of New York and presently teaches at Macalester College, Saint Paul, Minnesota. She and her husband, William H. Sun, are the coauthors of Dream, discussed by Bettina Entell in China Dream: A Chinese Spoken Drama (ATJ 11/2). Dr. Fei has just completed a book, Chinese Theories of the Theatre and Performance

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