Cover of Performing Asian America

Book 2010

Performing Asian America

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Publisher
Temple University Press
Language
English
Published
2010
  • Asian americans in literature
  • Race in literature
  • Ethnicity in literature

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.