关键词: 跨文化戏剧, “情动媒介”, 模仿, 身份政治, 表演

Abstract: Homi K. Bhabha's discussion of mimicry in colonial situations demonstrates the fluidity and fictionality of identity in intercultural encounters, also provides methodological insights into the study of intercultural theater and complements the analytical models of Orientalism and cultural imperialism. However, Bhabha's incomplete use of the logic of supplement still presupposes white culture as an origin. Rey Chow further reveals the psychological dimension that has not been fully subjectivized in the process of identity formation. If we think about identity performance in cross-cultural contexts, we need to introduce a revised framework for affective analysis. The concept of “affective medium” gives historical and political connotations to affect, becoming a collective experiential space that bridges the gap between feeling and action. As an affective medium, intercultural theatre integrates and transcends different cultural boundaries, audience-actor groups, social environments, identities and mediums, transforming the theater that originally separated society from art into a field that directly develops political action and identity competition.

Key words: intercultural theatre, “affective medium”, mimicry, identity politics, performance