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But still, like air, I'll rise : new Asian American plays / edited by Velina Hasu Houston ; foreword by Roberta Uno.

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Houston, Velina Hasu.
Series:
Asian American history and culture.
Asian American history and culture
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
American drama--Asian American authors.
American drama.
American drama--20th century.
Asian Americans--Drama.
Asian Americans.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (544 p.)
Place of Publication:
Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 1997.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
In this pathbreaking volume, Velina Hasu Houston gathers together eleven plays that speak in the ""hybridized, unique American voices of Asian descent -- and often dissent."" These writers resist the bigotry that attempts to target them solely as people of color as well as the homogenizing tendencies of a multiculturalism that fails to recognize the varied make-up of Asian America. Anthologized for the first time, these plays testify to the rich complexity of Asian American experience while they also demonstrate the different styles and thematic concerns of the individual playwrights. <BR
Contents:
Talk-story / Jeannie Barroga
Day standing on its head / Philip Kan Gotanda
Kokoro (True heart) / Velina Hasu Houston
Dance of the wandering souls / Huynh Quang Nhoung
Bondage / David Henry Hwang
The conversion of Ka'ahumanu / Victoria Nalani Kneubuhl
Cleveland raining / Sung Rno
Breaking glass / Dmae Roberts
Junk bonds / Lucy Wang
Kimchee and chitlins / Elizabeth Wong
A language of their own / Chay Yew.
Notes:
Description based upon print version of record.
Description based on print version record.
ISBN:
9781439906125
1439906122
OCLC:
646067867

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