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Performing Asian America: Race and Ethnicity on the Contemporary Stage (Asian American History & Cultu)

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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.