03483oam 22007694a 450 99624832590331620220406204229.01-4399-0670-X0-585-36410-92027/heb02729(CKB)111004365793576(EBL)713737(SSID)ssj0000425080(PQKBManifestationID)11281186(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000425080(PQKBWorkID)10478300(PQKB)11063557(SSID)ssj0000219869(PQKBManifestationID)12077989(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000219869(PQKBWorkID)10249190(PQKB)11746026(MiAaPQ)EBC713737(OCoLC)663885800(MdBmJHUP)muse15565(dli)HEB02729(MiU) MIU01100000000000000000600(EXLCZ)9911100436579357619960626d1997 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPerforming Asian AmericaJosephine LeePhiladelphia :Temple University Press,1997.Baltimore, Md. :Project MUSE,2012©1997.1 online resource (255 p.)Asian American history and cultureDescription based upon print version of record.1-56639-502-X 1-56639-637-9 Includes bibliographical references (p. [231]-237) and index.Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. Critical Strategies for Reading Asian American Drama; 2. The Asian American Spectator and the Politics of Realism; 3. The Chinaman's Unmanly Grief; 4. The Seduction of the Stereotype; Photographs; 5. Acts of Exclusion: Asian American History Plays; 6. Asian American Doubles and the Soul under Capitalism; 7. Staging ""Passing"" on the Borders of the Body; Epilogue; Notes; Works Cited; IndexAt a time when Asian American theater is enjoying a measure of growth and success, Josephine Lee tells us about the complex social and political issues depicted by Asian American playwrights. By looking at performances and dramatic texts, Lee argues that playwrights produce a different conception of ""Asian America"" in accordance with their unique set of sensibilities. For instance, some Asian American playwrights critique the separation of issues of race and ethnicity from those of economics and class, or they see ethnic identity as a voluntary choice of lifestyle rather than aAsian American history and culture.Race in literatureEthnicity in literatureAsian Americans in literatureAsian AmericansIntellectual lifeAmerican drama20th centuryHistory and criticismAmerican dramaAsian American authorsHistory and criticismRace in literature.Ethnicity in literature.Asian Americans in literature.Asian AmericansIntellectual life.American dramaHistory and criticism.American dramaAsian American authorsHistory and criticism.812/.5409035073Lee Josephine1960-1214998MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK996248325903316Performing Asian America2806622UNISA