An inquiry into how Asian American playwrights depict race and ethnicity on stage. The book offers insights on plays such as Frank Chin's "The Chickencoop Chinaman" and Wakako Yamauchi's "12-1-A", and chapters address gender construction, stereotypes, history plays and class consideration.
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A fascinating inquiry into the territory of race and ethnicity in American theater
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Josephine Lee is Assistant Professor of English at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities.
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limited history of roles,
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This review is from: Performing Asian America: Race and Ethnicity on the Contemporary Stage (Asian American History & Cultu) (Paperback)
On the American stage, Lee contends that a relatively underserved topic has been the Asian American experience. As expressed in the ethnicity of the actors or in the subject material. Her book fleshes out in much detail this thesis.
Describing the paucity of roles available to Asian actors, for example. To the extent that Asians have been depicted on stage, she also delves into how these roles were often stereotypical. Rarely did two things happen. That an Asian role would appear in a play. And that the role would be meaningful and original.
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- A History of Asian American Theatre (Cambridge Studies in American Theatre and Drama) by Esther Kim Lee on page 194, and Back Matter
- Speak it Louder: Asian Americans Making Music by Deborah Wong in Back Matter
- Landscapes of the New West: Gender and Geography in Contemporary Women's Writing (Cultural Studies of the United States) by Krista Comer in Back Matter
- Asian Religions in America: A Documentary History by Thomas A. Tweed in Back Matter
- Cosmopolitan Geographies: New Locations in Literature and Culture (Essays from the English Institute) by Vinay Dharwadker on page 192
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