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Studies on Economic Reforms and Development in China (review)

Studies on Economic Reforms and Development in China (review) 380 China Review International: Vol. 9, No. 2, Fall 2002 of the 1993 play Birdmen, which itself seems disconnected from the discussion preceding it. The author's parting reflections occur in a single paragraph introducing an obscure point about a "melting pot" created by Chinese dramatists and "the need no longer exist[ing] to search for an author" (p. 330). This reviewer read the final paragraph twice and still remained perplexed, wondering if there were entire pages missing between the incomplete Birdmen analysis and the incoherent musings that end the book. Likely, this disjointedness is a result of the fact that the book pulls together several articles previously published in various journals. It is fortunate for us that these essays are now assembled and available in one volume, providing an engaging, educational, and thought-provoking view of Chinese theater practice between 1966 and 1988. Chen's forthcoming companion anthology, Reading the Right Text, will allow us to read entire texts of some of the plays Chen chose to discuss in Acting the Right Part. Claire Conceison Claire Conceison is an assistant professor in the Department of Dramatic Art at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Her book Significant Other: Staging the American http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png China Review International University of Hawai'I Press

Studies on Economic Reforms and Development in China (review)

Jen, Frank C.
China Review International , Volume 9 (2) – Oct 14, 2002
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380 China Review International: Vol. 9, No. 2, Fall 2002 of the 1993 play Birdmen, which itself seems disconnected from the discussion preceding it. The author's parting reflections occur in a single paragraph introducing an obscure point about a "melting pot" created by Chinese dramatists and "the need no longer exist[ing] to search for an author" (p. 330). This reviewer read the final paragraph twice and still remained perplexed, wondering if there were entire pages missing between the incomplete Birdmen analysis and the incoherent musings that end the book. Likely, this disjointedness is a result of the fact that the book pulls together several articles previously published in various journals. It is fortunate for us that these essays are now assembled and available in one volume, providing an engaging, educational, and thought-provoking view of Chinese theater practice between 1966 and 1988. Chen's forthcoming companion anthology, Reading the Right Text, will allow us to read entire texts of some of the plays Chen chose to discuss in Acting the Right Part. Claire Conceison Claire Conceison is an assistant professor in the Department of Dramatic Art at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Her book Significant Other: Staging the American

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Published: Oct 14, 2002

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