JOSAH Vol. 55

JOSAH Vol. 55


Editor’s Introduction

by Adrian Vickers

It is with great pleasure that we present Volume 55 of the Journal of the Society for Asian Humanities. We are grateful to Enza De Francisci and Lyu Shisheng for their role as guest editors of this special issue. Their approach to the topic of theatre translation has led to a truly transnational collection of articles. In presenting case studies of adaptation and collaboration through translation, these articles challenge paradigms of cross-cultural theatre and of the nature of translation itself. In addition to another stimulating set of reviews, this issue also features a special review article on gay culture in Hong Kong, Taiwan and mainland China.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS 2024
Editor’s introduction  
Editor’s introduction Adrian Vickers 1-1
Articles  
Introduction: Theatre translation in the Asian World  Enza De Francisci; Lyu Shisheng 2-17
Avenues of dramatic transadaption for Chinese Narratives: Euro-American and Inter-Asian Routes Josh Stenberg 18-41
Theatricality in translation: ‘Der Bockerer’, the Story of an Anti-fascist Butcher in China Anna Stecher 42-65
Translating spirits for the stage: Shakespeare’s Spirit Worlds in the Southeast Asian Context Alvin Eng Hui Lim 66-92
‘Dancing in Her Seven Veils: Revisiting the ‘Salome’ Craze in Shanghai in the 1920 and 1930s Ting Guo 93-120
The affordance of feminism: Amy Ng’s Translation of Guan Hanqing’s Rescuing One’s Sister in the Wind and Dust Lisha Xu 121-147
Review article  
What’s Queer about ‘Inter-categorical Differences’ across Hong Kong, Taiwan and Mainland China”: A critical review of Travis Kong’s work Flair Donglai Shi 148-158
Book reviews  
The sounds of Mandarin: Learning to speak a National Language in China and Taiwan, 1913-1960 Hercules Kok-Yin Chu 159-161
The emergence of Global Maoism: China’s Red Evangelism and the Cambodian Communist Movement, 1949-1979 Nicholas Herriot 162-164
Snake sisters and ghost daughters: Feminist adaptations of traditional tales in Chinese Fantasy Yiwen Li 164-167
The stripper goddess of Japan: The life and afterlives of Ame no Uzume  Laura Marshall 167-171
Identity, space, and everyday life in contemporary Northeast China Dong Sun 171-174
Douyin, TikTok and China’s Online Screen Industy: The rise of short-video platforms Zhen Zhang 175-178
Asah Seminars, February- November 2024  
ASAH seminars, February – November 2024 179-180