From its original colonial beginnings, the Butterfly story has been turned about and inverted in recent years to shed light back on the nature of the relationship between East and West, remaining popular in its original version as well as in retellings such as David Henry Hwang's play M. Butterfly and David Cronenberg's screen adaptation. The combined perspectives that result from this collaboration provide new and challenging insights into the powerful, resonant myth of a painful encounter between East and West.
From its original colonial beginnings, the Butterfly story has been turned about and inverted in recent years to shed light back on the nature of the relationship between East and West, remaining popular in its original version as well as in retellings such as David Henry Hwang's play M. Butterfly and David Cronenberg's screen adaptation. The combined perspectives that result from this collaboration provide new and challenging insights into the powerful, resonant myth of a painful encounter between East and West.
A Vision of the Orient: Texts, Intertexts, and Contexts of Madame Butterfly
278A Vision of the Orient: Texts, Intertexts, and Contexts of Madame Butterfly
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Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781442613287 |
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Publisher: | University of Toronto Press |
Publication date: | 09/29/2006 |
Series: | Heritage |
Pages: | 278 |
Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.58(d) |