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The theatre of David Henry Hwang / Esther Kim Lee.
Van Pelt Library PS3558.W83 T44 2015
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lee, Esther Kim, author.
- Series:
- Critical companions (London, England)
- Methuen drama critical companions
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hwang, David Henry, 1957---Criticism and interpretation.
- Hwang, David Henry.
- Hwang, David Henry, 1957-.
- Dramatists, American.
- Criticism and interpretation.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Physical Description:
- x, 207 pages ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Bloomsbury Methuen Drama, 2015.
- Language Note:
- Text in English.
- Summary:
- Beginning with his "Trilogy of Chinese America," Esther Kim Lee traces all major phases of David Henry Hwang's playwriting career. Utilizing historical and dramaturgical analysis, she argues that Hwang has developed a unique style of meta-theatricality and irony in writing plays that are both politically charged and commercially viable. This book also features three essays written by scholars of Asian American theater and a comprehensive list of primary and secondary sources on his oeuvre.
- Contents:
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction. 1 The trilogy of Chinese America: magic realism and the Californian cool : FOB
- The dance and the railroad
- Family devotions. 2 Beyond Chinese America: love, death and resurrection : The house of sleeping beauties
- The sound of a voice
- As the crow flies
- Rich relations. 3 M. Butterfly : The story and style of M. Butterfly
- The production of M. Butterfly
- Criticisms and interpretations of M. Butterfly
- The legacy of M. Butterfly. 4 Identity politics and multiculturalism in the 1990s : Bondage
- Face value
- Trying to find Chinatown
- Golden child. 5 The irony and rhetoric of the global millennium : Yellow face
- Chinglish
- Kung fu. 6 Other critical perspectives : "Something beyond and above:" David Henry Hwang's revision of Flower Drum Song
- Revision of Flower Drum Song / Josephine Lee
- David Henry Hwang's golden opportunities / Dan Bacalzo
- Butterfly and locus: Chinglish and Asian American theatre in the transnational context / Daphne Lei. Chronology
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Notes on contributors
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [189]-200) and index (pages [203])
- ISBN:
- 9781472512086
- 1472512081
- 9781408185858
- 1408185857
- OCLC:
- 935521841
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