The Politics Of Life: Four Plays By Asian American Women : Edited and With an Introduction and Commentaries By Velina Hasu Houston

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yamauchi, Wakako

Contributor:

Houston, Velina Hasu, Editor.

Series:

Asian American history and culture.

Asian American history and culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American drama--20th century.

American drama.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

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:

The following plays have been taken from this source: 12-1-A The Chairman's Wife.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781439906163

1439906165

9781566390019

156639001X

OCLC:

662258991