Download or read book Performing Identity in the Plays of Gao Xingjian written by Todd J. Coulter and published by . This book was released on 2013-07-15 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers a fresh look at a theater scholar and Nobel Peace Prize laureate viewed from a cultural studies lens. This exploration of transcultural theater is useful to both the general and initiated reader. It embraces the social and aesthetic influences of traditional Chinese theater and the intellectual, cultural influences of French theater.