Asian American Culture on Stage: The History of the East West Players

ISBN-13: 9780815331476 / Angielski / Twarda / 1999 / 272 str.

Yuko Kurahashi

Opis

Asian American Culture on Stage captures the 30-year history of the East West Players (EWP), tracing the company's re-presentation of Asian Americans through the complicated social and cultural changes of the past three decades. Throughout its history, the changes in the focus and interest of the EWP reveal patterns in the development of Asian American ethnic theater. By examining productions, the progress of company members, and the forum offered for Asian American playwrights to stage new works this study charts the vital contributions of the EWP to Asian American communities and to other Asian American theaters.(Ph.D. dissertation, Indiana University, 1996; revised with new preface)

Recenzje

"Refreshingly short on academic jargon and long on information... a welcomd addition to the published literature in the field of Asian American theater history... Kurahashi has given readers the true stuff of theater history and an opportunity to appreciate the life of an Asian American theater company... Journal of Asian-American Studies, 3 #3, October 2000, Barbara Kaplan."
"Her account is a welcome addition to the growing body of historical scholarship that details theatre's participation in redefining American radical politics." -- Josephine Lee, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

Spis treści

Chapter 1 The Cultural Climate in the 1960s and the Foundation of the East West Players; Chapter 2 Searching for Recognition; Chapter 3 Slaying Asian Stereotypes; Chapter 4 Gender, Cultural Nationalism, and Between Worlds; Chapter 5 Dialogue with the Community; Chapter 6 Reaching Out to a Broader Audience; Chapter 7 Breaking the Silence; Chapter 8 New Asian American Playwrights; Chapter 9 The Company Toward the Twenty-First Century;

O autorze

NG Franklin, Yuko Kurahashi