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标题：The Growing Phenomenon of Malaysian Musical Theatre Productions with a Buddhist Theme
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作者：Loo Fung Ying ; Loo Fung Ying ; Loo Fung Chiat 等
期刊名称：Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences
印刷版ISSN：1877-0428
出版年度：2014
卷号：122
页码：473-476
DOI：10.1016/j.sbspro.2014.01.1377
语种：English
出版社：Elsevier
摘要：AbstractOver the past twenty years, research in Buddhist music shows development and change from liturgical chant to commercial Buddhist music. The present study examines the global wave in Buddhism by looking into the growing phenomenon of “Buddhist” musical theatre in an Islamic country – Malaysia. This paper highlights the binary between the rhetoric of Buddhism manifested in the nature of commercialized musical theatre, and the influence of popular music, a commercialized and globalized phenomenon in the transmission of Buddhism. Methods include observation, analysis and semi-structured interview. Selected musicals for analysis areJewel of Tibet the Musical,Above the Full Moon,Prince Siddhartha the MusicalandMagic Mirror the Musical. Analysis includes text, music, setting, costume, and an ethnographic account of the life experience of the audience. The findings reveal a phenomenological experience of a two-fold participation in the transmission of Buddhism between the production team and audience, and the continual global wave that changes the transmission of religion.
关键词：Buddhism;Musical Theatre;Globalization;Transmission