Performing Asian America

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In her groundbreaking book, Performing Asian America, Josephine Lee meets a formidable challenge. How does one go about describing and analyzing the cultural production of Asian Americans, a group just beginning to make their complex political and social positions more visible? Lee approaches her specific subject, how Asian American playwrights depict race and ethnicity onstage, from the perspective that theatrical performances and dramatic texts can tell us much about these contemporary dynamics.

subjects: History and criticism,  American drama,  Asian Americans,  Intellectual life,  Ethnicity in literature,  Asian Americans in literature,  Asian American authors,  Race in literature,  Latin literature,  Greek literature,  Drama texts: from c 1900 -,  Ethnic studies,  Plays & playwrights,  Theatre, drama,  Theater - History & Criticism,  Performing Arts,  Plays / Drama,  American English,  Performing Arts/Dance,  USA,  American,  Ethnic Studies - General,  General,  American drama, history and criticism, 20th century,  American literature, asian american authors, history and criticism,  American drama, asian american authors,  Théâtre américain,  Histoire et critique,  Ethnicité dans la littérature,  Race dans la littérature,  DRAMA,  SOCIAL SCIENCE

Times: 20th century