A vision of the Orient; texts, intertexts, and contexts of Madame Butterfly.9780802088017 A vision of the Orient; texts, intertexts, and contexts of Madame Butterfly. Ed. by Jonathan Wisenthal et al. U. of Toronto Pr. 2006 262 pages $55.00 Hardcover NX652 Madame Butterfly is best-known from Puccini's 1904 opera. A team of professors of English, music, and theatre, film, and creative writing at the U. of British Columbia British Columbia, province (2001 pop. 3,907,738), 366,255 sq mi (948,600 sq km), including 6,976 sq mi (18,068 sq km) of water surface, W Canada. Geography introduce this colonial Western construction of exotic Oriental femininity Femininity Belphoebe perfect maidenhood; epithet of Elizabeth I. [Br. Lit.: Faerie Queene] Darnel, Aurelia personification of femininity. [Br. Lit. and submissiveness sub·mis·sive adj. Inclined or willing to submit. sub·mis  sive·ly adv.sub·mis . Contributors to 13 essays explore this myth in various media and cultural contexts. E.g., in M. Butterfly, the 1988 play by David Henry Hwang David Henry Hwang (born August 11, 1957) is a contemporary American playwright who has risen to prominence as the preeminent Asian American dramatist in the U.S. He was born in Los Angeles, California and was educated at Stanford University and the Yale School of Drama. , and its 1993 cinematic adaptation by David Cronenberg of The Fly fame, Madame Butterfly's and Lieutenant Pinkerton's roles are reversed. The book includes a chronology, excerpts from a workshop on Hwang's play, musical score excerpts, and illustrations relating to relating to relate prep → concernant relating to relate prep → bezüglich +gen, mit Bezug auf +acc Pierre Loti's Madame Chrysantheme, an early version of this story. ([c]20072005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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