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This text brings together a powerful universal myth - that of the Birdwoman, which has been the inspiration of several Asian theatres and the subject of many Asian plays - and explores the connection between string-puppet and human-actor movements within the Asian theatrical tradition. It is a book about theatre as ritual and as power struggle, and presents a study of Lady Joruri, herself a semi-mythical figure, who gave her name to the world's most sophisticated puppet theatre.

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Author:   Weixing Chen ,  Guoli Liu ,  Chen Weixing (Associate Professor of Political Science, East Tennessee State University, USA)
Publisher:   The Edwin Mellen Press Ltd
Imprint:   Edwin Mellen Press Ltd
Volume:   v. 24
ISBN:  

9780773470439

ISBN 10:   0773470433
Pages:   392
Publication Date:   October 2002
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Preface; vii; Brantly Womack Introduction 1; Part I; The Politics Of Reform; 1. Control from the Center in the Reform Era in China: The Changing Modes; Weixing Chen 9; 2. Direct Elections of Town and Township Heads in China: Significance and Limitations of a New Direction in Chinese Politics; Joseph Cheng 37; 3. Village Democracy in China: Views from Below; Yang Zhong 79; Part II; The Nature Of Reorm; 4. The Politics of Marketization: Strategies, Progress and Problems; Guoli Liu 107; 5. Post-Mao China: Regime Change or Political Change?; Sujian Guo 143; Part III; China And The World Trade Organization; 6. Synergistic Globalization: The Political Economy of China's GATT/WTO Accession; Yumin Sheng 211; 7. China, the WTO, and U.S.-China Relations; Zhiqun Zhu 249; Part IV; China's Integration Into The International System; 8. Indigenous Innovation in China under Trips: A New Dimension in China's Technology Policy; Chen-Dong Tso 277; 9. Prosperity but Insecurity? Globalization and Its New Challenges to China's National Security; Mumin Chen 303; 10. The Cultural Construction of Sovereignty in the PRC and US; Greg Ryan 341; Selected Bibliography 363

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