1st Edition

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

By Yuko Kurahashi Copyright 1999
    272 Pages
    by Routledge

    272 Pages
    by Routledge

    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.

    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;

    Biography

    NG Franklin, Yuko Kurahashi

    "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