Communities of imagination [electronic resource] : contemporary Southeast Asian theatres / Catherine Diamond.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Mae Naak and Phra Ram : keeping company on the contemporary Thai stage -- Staging the doi moi generation and the treasures of Vietnamese tradition -- Looking within : the Balinese rwa bhineda and readjusting complementary opposites -- Cambodia : artistic renaissance or a new culture of dependency? -- Singapore's cosmopolitan identity and its theatrical sideshow -- Dancing with the censors : Burmese performing arts keep time -- The Philippine theatre's quest for a hero(ine) -- From Fa Ngoum to hip-hop boom : the faces of Lao performance -- Durians, diversity, and fifty years of independence : Malaysian theatre stages its multiethnic heritage.

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