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The politics of life : four plays by Asian American women / edited and with an introduction and commentaries by Velina Hasu Houston.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Asian American history and culture.
- Asian American history and culture
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- American drama--Asian American authors.
- American drama.
- American drama--Women authors.
- American drama--20th century.
- Asian Americans--Drama.
- Asian Americans.
- Women dramatists, American--20th century.
- Women dramatists, American.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (289 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 1993.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This anthology of work by three Asian American women playwrights-Wakako Yamauchi, Genny Lim, and Velina Hasu Houston-features pioneering contemporary writers who have made their mark in regional and ethnic theatres throughout the United States. In her introduction, Houston observes that the Asian American woman playwright is compelled ""to mine her soul"" and express the angst, fear, and rage that oppression has wrought while maintaining her relationship with America as a good citizen.The plays are rich with cultural and political substance and have a feminist concern about wome
- Contents:
- 12-1-A ; The chairman's wife / Wakako Yamauchi
- Bitter cane / Genny Lim
- Asa ga kimashita (Morning has broken) / Velina Hasu Houston.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Contains:
- Lim, Genny. Bitter cane.
- ISBN:
- 9781439906163
- 1439906165
- 9781566390019
- 156639001X
- OCLC:
- 662258991
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