Staging Revolution refutes the deep-rooted notion that art overtly in the service of politics is by definition devoid of artistic merits. As a prominent compone

The first book to examine this colossal political event through the images that set it in motion. With previously unpublished historical sources and essays by P

The book explores how theatre, with its performative capacity, has the power to engage with and affect the politics of its day. It sets the stage for the reader

Staging Chinese Revolution surveys fifty years of theatrical propaganda performances in China, revealing a dynamic, commercial capacity in works often dismissed

Introduction: Propaganda performance, history, and landscape -- The place of Chen Duxiu: political theater, dramatic history, and the question of representation