Performing Korea

Part 1. Introduction to the Examples and to the Method

1. Theater and Theater Research in Korea and Elsewhere: Where Are We, Where Are We Going?
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2. Globalization in a Few Korean Performances
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3.
Mise en Scène Made in Korea
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Part 2. On a Few Theatre Productions

4. A Few Contemporary French and Korean Playwrights: A Comparison
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5. Questions to the Past: The Puppet Play Batyr Mamai by Kim Kwang Lim
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6.
I, Na Hyeseok, the Undesirable: A Stage Requiem by Kim Minseung
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7. A Few Productions by Kim Hyun-Tak: Death of a Salesman, Medea on Media, The Maids

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8. On Lee Young-Seok’s Production of Orwell’s Coming Up for Air

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9. Is Modernized Pansori Political? On Lee Jaram’s Ukchuk-Ga(Mother Courage and her Children)
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Part 3. On a Few Theatre-Dance and Dance Performances

10.
Woyzeck as Dance Theater: A Comparison Between Im Do-Wan and Josef Nadj
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11. A Seoul Song for Hong Sehee: On the Dance Solo A Song for You

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12.
Self-Portrait: Three Stages of Life. On a Solo by Nam Jeong-ho
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Part 4. On a Few Cultural Performances

13. Parody in K-pop: An Analysis of the Video Nobody, by JYP, with the Wonder Girls
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14. Flowers and Tears. On Park Eunyoung’s Installation and Multimedia Theater
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15. On Falling
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Part 5. Epilogue

16. Can a Foreigner Watch the Performance of Others?
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Keywords: Cultural and Media Studies, Theatre and Performance Studies, Asian Culture, Cultural Theory, Dance