![]() ![]() For almost two decades, the French diplomat is not aware of the fact that his partner is not a woman but a man. By performing her 1 'race' and gender according to Gallimard's ideas about the Oriental, Song is able to disguise her male sex. In the course of the drama, the (biological male) character Song Liling constructs a female, Oriental fantasy for the French diplomat Rene Gallimard. ![]() It demonstrates the construction of identity around the politics of gender, sexuality, power and race. Butterfly (1988) can be regarded as one representative of that type of contemporary dramatic pieces. Thus, the boundaries between authenticity (the 'natural') and role playing (the 'artificial') are blurred “in order to address the construction of social and political identity.” (Saddik 2007: 13).ĭavid Henry Hwang's play M. Numerous contemporary playwrights experiment freely with dramatic conventions, and most works overtly demonstrate to be a piece of performance, so that the audience is alerted not to view reality but a play. Modem-day drama is often considered to be an effective means of expressing criticism. ![]() Butterflyģ.1 David Henry Hwang - An Asian American Playwrightģ.2 M.Butterfly - A Short Summary of the Play 3 The Oriental Woman - A Fantasy of the Western Male in David H. ![]()
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