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Asian American Playwrights

Author : Miles Liu
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313011222
Total Pages : 423 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book Asian American Playwrights written by Miles Liu and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2002-05-30 with total page 423 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the late nineteenth century, Asian American drama made its debut with the spotlight firmly on the lives and struggles of Asians in North America, rather than on the cultures and traditions of the Asian homeland. Today, Asian American playwrights continue to challenge the limitations of established theatrical conventions and direct popular attention toward issues and experiences that might otherwise be ignored or marginalized. While Asian American literature came into full bloom in the last 25 years, Asian American drama has yet to receive the kind of critical attention it warrants. This reference book serves as a versatile vehicle for exploring the field of Asian American drama from its recorded conception to its present stage. Included are alphabetically arranged entries for 52 Asian American dramatists of origins from India, Pakistan, Vietnam, the Philippines, Japan, Korea, and China. Each entry includes relevant biographical information that contextualizes the works of a playwright, an interpretive description of selected plays that spotlights recurring themes and plots, a summary of the playwright's critical reception, and a bibliography of primary and secondary works. The entries are written by expert contributors and reflect the ethnic diversity of the Asian American community. The volume closes with a selected, general bibliography, which includes anthologies, scholarly studies, and periodicals.

Performing America

Author : J. Ellen Gainor
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
ISBN 13 : 9780472087921
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (879 download)

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Download or read book Performing America written by J. Ellen Gainor and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DIVHow theatrical representations of the U.S. have shaped national identity /div

National Abjection

Author : Karen Shimakawa
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 0822384248
Total Pages : 207 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (223 download)

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Download or read book National Abjection written by Karen Shimakawa and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2002-12-05 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: National Abjection explores the vexed relationship between "Asian Americanness" and "Americanness” through a focus on drama and performance art. Karen Shimakawa argues that the forms of Asian Americanness that appear in U.S. culture are a function of national abjection—a process that demands that Americanness be defined by the exclusion of Asian Americans, who are either cast as symbolic foreigners incapable of integration or Americanization or distorted into an “honorary” whiteness. She examines how Asian Americans become culturally visible on and off stage, revealing the ways Asian American theater companies and artists respond to the cultural implications of this abjection. Shimakawa looks at the origins of Asian American theater, particularly through the memories of some of its pioneers. Her examination of the emergence of Asian American theater companies illuminates their strategies for countering the stereotypes of Asian Americans and the lack of visibility of Asian American performers within the theater world. She shows how some plays—Wakako Yamauchi’s 12-1-A, Frank Chin’s Chickencoop Chinaman, and The Year of the Dragon—have both directly and indirectly addressed the displacement of Asian Americans. She analyzes works attempting to negate the process of abjection—such as the 1988 Broadway production of M. Butterfly as well as Miss Saigon, a mainstream production that enacted the process of cultural displacement both onstage and off. Finally, Shimakawa considers Asian Americanness in the context of globalization by meditating on the work of Ping Chong, particularly his East-West Quartet.

Fish Head Soup and Other Plays

Author : Philip Kan Gotanda
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780295974330
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (743 download)

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Download or read book Fish Head Soup and Other Plays written by Philip Kan Gotanda and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of four full-length plays about Japanese Americans at different stages of their lives

Monologues for Actors of Color

Author : Roberta Uno
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135859183
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (358 download)

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Download or read book Monologues for Actors of Color written by Roberta Uno and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-11-26 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Identities in Motion

Author : Peter X Feng
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 0822383985
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (223 download)

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Download or read book Identities in Motion written by Peter X Feng and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2002-08-14 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This innovative book shows how Asian American filmmakers and videomakers frame and are framed by history—how they define and are defined by cinematic projections of Asian American identity. Combining close readings of films and videos, sophisticated cultural analyses, and detailed production histories that reveal the complex forces at play in the making and distributing of these movies, Identities in Motion offers an illuminating interpretative framework for assessing the extraordinary range of Asian American films produced in North America. Peter X Feng considers a wide range of works—from genres such as detective films to romantic comedies to ethnographic films, documentaries, avant-garde videos, newsreels, travelogues, and even home movies. Feng begins by examining movies about three crucial moments that defined the American nation and the roles of Asian Americans within it: the arrival of Chinese and Japanese women in the American West and Hawai’i; the incorporation of the Philippines into the U.S. empire; and the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II. In subsequent chapters Feng discusses cinematic depictions of ideological conflicts among Asian Americans and of the complex forces that compel migration, extending his nuanced analysis of the intersections of sexuality, ethnicity, and nationalist movements. Identities in Motion illuminates the fluidity of Asian American identities, expressing the diversity and complexity of Asian Americans—including Filipinos, Indonesians, Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese, Laotians, Indians, and Koreans—from the nineteenth to the twenty-first century.

Chains of Babylon

Author : Daryl J. Maeda
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
ISBN 13 : 0816648905
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (166 download)

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Download or read book Chains of Babylon written by Daryl J. Maeda and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Chains of Babylon, Daryl J. Maeda presents a cultural history of Asian American activism in the late 1960s and early 1970s, showing how the movement created the category of "Asian American" to join Asians of many ethnicities in racial solidarity. Drawing on the Black Power and antiwar movements, Asian American radicals argued that all Asians in the United States should resist assimilation and band together to oppose racism within the country and imperialism abroad. As revealed in Maeda's in-depth work, the Asian American movement contended that people of all Asian ethnicities in the United States shared a common relationship to oppression and exploitation with each other and with other nonwhite peoples. In the early stages of the civil rights era, the possibility of assimilation was held out to Asian Americans under a model minority myth. Maeda insists that it was only in the disruption of that myth for both African Americans and Asian Americans in the 1960s and 1970s that the full Asian American culture and movement he describes could emerge. Maeda challenges accounts of the post-1968 era as hopelessly divisive by examining how racial and cultural identity enabled Asian Americans to see eye-to-eye with and support other groups of color in their campaigns for social justice. Asian American opposition to the war in Vietnam, unlike that of the broader antiwar movement, was predicated on understanding it as a racial, specifically anti-Asian genocide. Throughout he argues that cultural critiques of racism and imperialism, the twin "chains of Babylon" of the title, informed the construction of a multiethnic Asian American identity committed to interracial and transnational solidarity.

Asian Americans [3 volumes]

Author : Xiaojian Zhao
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 3039 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book Asian Americans [3 volumes] written by Xiaojian Zhao and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2013-11-26 with total page 3039 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the most comprehensive and up-to-date reference work on Asian Americans, comprising three volumes that address a broad range of topics on various Asian and Pacific Islander American groups from 1848 to the present day. This three-volume work represents a leading reference resource for Asian American studies that gives students, researchers, librarians, teachers, and other interested readers the ability to easily locate accurate, up-to-date information about Asian ethnic groups, historical and contemporary events, important policies, and notable individuals. Written by leading scholars in their fields of expertise and authorities in diverse professions, the entries devote attention to diverse Asian and Pacific Islander American groups as well as the roles of women, distinct socioeconomic classes, Asian American political and social movements, and race relations involving Asian Americans.

The Great American Mosaic [4 volumes]

Author : Gary Y. Okihiro
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 3150 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book The Great American Mosaic [4 volumes] written by Gary Y. Okihiro and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2014-09-30 with total page 3150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Firsthand sources are brought together to illuminate the diversity of American history in a unique way—by sharing the perspectives of people of color who participated in landmark events. This invaluable, four-volume compilation is a comprehensive source of documents that give voice to those who comprise the American mosaic, illustrating the experiences of racial and ethnic minorities in the United States. Each volume focuses on a major racial/ethnic group: African Americans, American Indians, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, and Latinos. Documents chosen by the editors for their utility and relevance to popular areas of study are organized into chronological periods from historical to contemporary. The collection includes eyewitness accounts, legislation, speeches, and interviews. Together, they tell the story of America's diverse population and enable readers to explore historical concepts and contexts from multiple viewpoints. Introductions for each volume and primary document provide background and history that help students understand and critique the material. The work also features a useful primary document guide, bibliographies, and indices to aid teachers, librarians, and students in class work and research.

The Columbia Guide to Asian American Literature Since 1945

Author : Guiyou Huang
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780231501033
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book The Columbia Guide to Asian American Literature Since 1945 written by Guiyou Huang and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2006-08-08 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Columbia Guide to Asian American Literature Since 1945

Encyclopedia of American Drama

Author : Jackson R. Bryer
Publisher : Infobase Learning
ISBN 13 : 1438140762
Total Pages : 2466 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (381 download)

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Download or read book Encyclopedia of American Drama written by Jackson R. Bryer and published by Infobase Learning. This book was released on 2015-04-22 with total page 2466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides a comprehensive guide to American dramatic literature, from its origins in the early days of the nation to American classics such as Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman and Thornton Wilder's Our Town to the groundbreaking works of today's best writers.

(Re)Constructing Maternal Performance in Twentieth-Century American Drama

Author : L. Bailey McDaniel
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137299576
Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (372 download)

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Download or read book (Re)Constructing Maternal Performance in Twentieth-Century American Drama written by L. Bailey McDaniel and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-09-04 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looking at a century of American theatre, McDaniel investigates how race-based notions of maternal performance become sites of resistance to cultural and political hierarchies. This book considers how the construction of mothering as universally women's work obscures additional, equally constructed subdivisions based in race and class.

Asian American Literature in Transition, 1965–1996: Volume 3

Author : Asha Nadkarni
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108922317
Total Pages : 437 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book Asian American Literature in Transition, 1965–1996: Volume 3 written by Asha Nadkarni and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-06-17 with total page 437 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Asian American Literature in Transition Volume Three: 1965–1996 offers a multidisciplinary perspective on the political and aesthetic stakes of what is now recognizable as an Asian American literary canon. It takes as its central focus the connections among literature, history, and migration, exploring how the formation of Asian American literary studies is necessarily inflected by demographic changes, student activism, the institutionalization of Asian American studies within the U.S. academy, U.S foreign policy (specifically the Cold War and conflicts in Southeast Asia), and the emergence of 'diaspora' and 'transnationalism' as important critical frames. Moving through sections that consider migration and identity, aesthetics and politics, canon formation, and transnationalism and diaspora, this volume tracks predominant themes within Asian American literature to interrogate an ever-evolving field. It features nineteen original essays by leading scholars, and is accessible to beginners in the field and more advanced researchers alike.

Margins and Mainstreams

Author : Gary Y. Okihiro
Publisher : University of Washington Press
ISBN 13 : 9780295973395
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (733 download)

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Download or read book Margins and Mainstreams written by Gary Y. Okihiro and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a thoughtful and stimulating contribution to the current debate about the meaning to the larger society of multiculturalism, Gary Okihiro explores the significance of Asian Americans in American history and culture. In six provocative and engaging essays he examines the Asian American experience from the perspectives of historical consciousness, race, gender, class, and culture. Much talk these days revolves around the idea of the mainstream, about the core of American history and culture, and about the dangers of straying from the original formulations that have made this country great. Pluralism and diversity, many argue, only serve to divide and fracture the nation. The core, rooted in Western civilization and the canon of "great books" must be recovered and preserved, and those on the margins, most notably racial minorities, must be absorbed into the mainstream. Or so the argument goes. Margins and Mainstreams argues that the core values and ideals of the nation emanate today not from the so-called mainstream but from the margins, from among Asian and African Americans, Latinos and American Indians, and women. Those groups, in their struggles for equality, have helped to preserve and advance the founders' ideals and have made America a more democratic place for all. While exploring anew the meanings of Asian American social history, the book reexamines the intellectual foundations and assumptions of the field of Asian American studies. It exposes the dominance of Eurocentrism and other hierarchies in the major theories that inform the field. It contextualizes the Asian American experience with that of African Americans and Latinos, and it advocates the intellectual convergence of Asian, Asian American, and African American studies.

The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Asian American Literature [3 volumes]

Author : Guiyou Huang
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1567207367
Total Pages : 1250 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (672 download)

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Download or read book The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Asian American Literature [3 volumes] written by Guiyou Huang and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2008-12-30 with total page 1250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Asian American literature dates back to the close of the 19th century, and during the years following World War II it significantly expanded in volume and diversity. Monumental in scope, this encyclopedia surveys Asian American literature from its origins through 2007. Included are more than 270 alphabetically arranged entries on writers, major works, significant historical events, and important terms and concepts. Thus the encyclopedia gives special attention to the historical, social, cultural, and legal contexts surrounding Asian American literature and central to the Asian American experience. Each entry is written by an expert contributor and cites works for further reading, and the encyclopedia closes with a selected, general bibliography of essential print and electronic resources. While literature students will value this encyclopedia as a guide to writings by Asian Americans, the encyclopedia also supports the social studies curriculum by helping students use literature to learn about Asian American history and culture, as it pertains to writers from a host of Asian ethnic and cultural backgrounds, including Afghans, Chinese, Japanese, Koreans, Filipinos, Iranians, Indians, Vietnamese, Hawaiians, and other Asian Pacific Islanders. The encyclopedia supports the literature curriculum by helping students learn more about Asian American literature. In addition, it supports the social studies curriculum by helping students learn about the Asian American historical and cultural experience.

Performing Asian America

Author : Josephine Lee
Publisher : Temple University Press
ISBN 13 : 143990670X
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (399 download)

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Download or read book Performing Asian America written by Josephine Lee and published by Temple University Press. This book was released on 2010-08-12 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In her groundbreaking book, Performing Asian America, Josephine Lee meets a formidable challenge. How does one go about describing and analyzing the cultural production of Asian Americans, a group just beginning to make their complex political and social positions more visible? Lee approaches her specific subject, how Asian American playwrights depict race and ethnicity onstage, from the perspective that theatrical performances and dramatic texts can tell us much about these contemporary dynamics.

Twentieth-century American Dramatists

Author : Christopher J. Wheatley
Publisher : Dictionary of Literary Biograp
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Twentieth-century American Dramatists written by Christopher J. Wheatley and published by Dictionary of Literary Biograp. This book was released on 2002 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Represents the diversity and productivity of American drama since 1900. The careers of playwrights whose works achieved notable popularity as well as critical success are presented in some detail. Emphasis is placed on biography and a synthesis of the critical reception of authors' works.