Gullotta, Diego - Lin, Lili
Grass Stage as a Method: (Un)Doing Cultural Studies in China
The article argues that the practice of the grassroots theatre group Grass Stage
provides an inspiring method for (un)doing Cultural Studies in China, in view of the
challenges brought by the institutionalisation of mainland Chinese Cultural Studies
and its theoretical impasse. This method, we argue, includes four key aspects: firstly,
it positions itself from the margins, developing a critical relation with the centre;
secondly, it transforms the urban space dominated by the state and the market into
public and political space; thirdly, it uses the body as a point to connect the individual
and society; lastly, it places the audience at the centre of the social construction of
meaning through post-performance dialogue. The method proposed is a metaphor, in
S. Hall's terms, for developing possible counter-hegemonic elements, which open up
the horizons of the possible. It offers a way to dislocate culture through reflections on
the powers currently operating in Chinese society
| Language | eng |
| Names |
[author] Gullotta, Diego [author] Lin, Lili |
| Subjects |
Studi culturali
Cina
Cultural Studies
China |
