AEMS News and Reviews: Fall 2009 (Issue: #33)

Lee, Tanya S.

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Title

AEMS News and Reviews: Fall 2009 (Issue: #33)

Author(s)

Lee, Tanya S.

Contributor(s)

• Benton, Catherine
• Morelli , Sarah
• Magee, Darrin
• Downing , Sonja Lynn
• Shamoon, Deborah

Issue Date

2009-09-01

Keyword(s)

AEMS News and Reviews

Date of Ingest

2025-07-30T12:44:48-05:00

Geographic Coverage

• China
• Tibet
• United States/North America
• India
• South Asia
• Indonesia
• Japan

Abstract

This fall’s film selections center on a theme of performance. Most obviously, Vanaja and the Larry Reed DVDs deal directly with the performing arts: the former tells the fictional story of a young Indian girl’s desire to become a classical dancer, despite the limitations of caste; and the latter negotiate the tensions between tradition and change, insiders and outsiders, in the performance of Balinese shadow puppetry. A different kind of theatre is at the heart of The Great Happiness Space, the performance of love for paying customers—is it deception, or a twisted kind of art? To a lesser degree, even Up the Yangtze touches on the issue, as “China” is performed for Western cruise boat passengers, a portrayal in stark contrast to the much colder reality on the river’s shores.

Publisher

Asian Educational Media Service

Series/Report Name or Number

Issue: #33

Type of Resource

text

Genre of Resource

newsletter

Language

eng

Sponsor(s)/Grant Number(s)

Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies

Owning Collections