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

by Yuko Kurahashi

Overview

This book captures the 30-year history of the East West Players (EWP), tracing the company's representation of Asian Americans through the complex social and cultural changes of the past three decades.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780815331476
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	06/01/1999
Series:	Studies in Asian Americans
Pages:	272
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

NG Franklin, Yuko Kurahashi

Table of Contents

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;

Editorial Reviews

"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

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