Performing Asian America / Josephine Lee

• Autore: Lee Josephine <1960->
• Pubblicazione: Philadelphia : , : Temple University Press, , 1997; Baltimore, Md. : , : Project MUSE, , 2012; ©1997
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (255 p.)
• Disciplina: 812/.5409035073
• Soggetto topico: Race in literature; Ethnicity in literature; Asian Americans in literature; Asian Americans - Intellectual life; American drama - 20th century - History and criticism; American drama - Asian American authors - History and criticism
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [231]-237) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: At 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Performing Asian America
• ISBN: 1-4399-0670-X; 0-585-36410-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996248325903316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno
• Serie: Asian American history and culture.