LEADER 03483oam 22007694a 450 001 996248325903316 005 20220406204229.0 010 $a1-4399-0670-X 010 $a0-585-36410-9 024 7 $a2027/heb02729 035 $a(CKB)111004365793576 035 $a(EBL)713737 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000425080 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11281186 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000425080 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10478300 035 $a(PQKB)11063557 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000219869 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12077989 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000219869 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10249190 035 $a(PQKB)11746026 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC713737 035 $a(OCoLC)663885800 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse15565 035 $a(dli)HEB02729 035 $a(MiU) MIU01100000000000000000600 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111004365793576 100 $a19960626d1997 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPerforming Asian America$fJosephine Lee 210 1$aPhiladelphia :$cTemple University Press,$d1997. 210 3$aBaltimore, Md. :$cProject MUSE,$d2012 210 4$dİ1997. 215 $a1 online resource (255 p.) 225 1 $aAsian American history and culture 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-56639-502-X 311 $a1-56639-637-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [231]-237) and index. 327 $aContents; 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; Index 330 $aAt a time when Asian American theater is enjoying a measure of growth and success, Josephine Lee tells us about the complex social and political issues depicted by Asian American playwrights. By looking at performances and dramatic texts, Lee argues that playwrights produce a different conception of ""Asian America"" in accordance with their unique set of sensibilities. For instance, some Asian American playwrights critique the separation of issues of race and ethnicity from those of economics and class, or they see ethnic identity as a voluntary choice of lifestyle rather than a 410 0$aAsian American history and culture. 606 $aRace in literature 606 $aEthnicity in literature 606 $aAsian Americans in literature 606 $aAsian Americans$xIntellectual life 606 $aAmerican drama$y20th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aAmerican drama$xAsian American authors$xHistory and criticism 615 0$aRace in literature. 615 0$aEthnicity in literature. 615 0$aAsian Americans in literature. 615 0$aAsian Americans$xIntellectual life. 615 0$aAmerican drama$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aAmerican drama$xAsian American authors$xHistory and criticism. 676 $a812/.5409035073 700 $aLee$b Josephine$f1960-$01214998 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996248325903316 996 $aPerforming Asian America$92806622 997 $aUNISA