Portraying Silence- A Thesis Production Analysis Reflecting the Oppression on Chinese Women and Beyond
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Authors
Sun, Yuexing
Issue Date
2022-05-01
Type
thesis_open
Language
Keywords
Feminism , Chinese woman and Asian woman studies , Portraying silence , The oppression towards women , Nv Shu , Yamaguchi Momoe , Chinese Studies
Theatre and Performance Studies
Women's Studies
Alternative Title
Theatre Thesis - Written Thesis
Abstract
The thesis paper mainly discusses the author's creative process of her thesis production- The Epic of A Woman, which collages the experiences of being Chinese women that the author has embodied with those that she witnessed. In analyzing the backstories behind the script and the aspects of design, the paper centers on unfold the approaches that the author used to portray how Chinese women became silent or consistently being silenced by a patriarchal society. Additionally, using silence as an active tool on the stage, the paper also underlines the importance of documenting and portraying silence that should not only use in women’s rights related areas but in all social fields in the context of contemporary China.