Contemporary Directions in Asian American Dance / edited by Yutian Wong.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Wong, Yutian, editor.

Series:

Studies in dance history (Unnumbered)

Studies in dance history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Asians--Canada--Ethnic identity.

Asians.

Asian Americans--Ethnic identity.

Asian Americans.

Dance--Canada.

Dance.

Dance--United States.

Asian American dance.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (281 p.)

Place of Publication:

Madison, Wisconsin : The University of Wisconsin Press, [2016]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The definition of Asian American dance is as contested as the definition of "Asian American." The term encompasses not only a range of national origins but also a dazzling variety of theoretical frameworks, disciplinary methods, and genres-from traditional to postmodern to hip hop. The contributors to this volume address such topics as the role of the 1960s Asian American Movement in creating Japanese American taiko groups, and the experience of internment during World War II influencing butoh dance in Canada. Essays about artists such as Jay Hirabayashi, Alvin Tolentino, Shen Wei, Kun-Yang Lin, Yasuko Yokoshi, Eiko & Koma, Sam Kim, Roko Kawai, and Denise Uyehara look closely at the politics of how Asian aesthetics are set into motion and marketed. The volume includes first-person narratives, interviews, ethnography, cultural studies, performance studies, and comparative ethnic studies.

Contents:

Introduction / Yutian Wong

Part I: Dancing citizenship. A new taiko folk dance: San Jose taiko and Asian American movements / Angela K. Ahlgren

We should bring our muzukashii / Roko Kawai

Asian Canadian dance: cross-cultural currents in Vancouver's Kokoro Dance and Co. ERASGA Dance / Eury Colin Chang

"Started in the streets . . .": reality TV, neoliberalism and the performance of Asian American entrepreneurship on America's Best Dance Crew / Brian Su-Jen Chung

Part II: Choreographing aesthetics. Mediated meditations: choreographies of Shen Wei and Kun-Yang Lin / Ellen V.P. Gerdes

An Asian American land: Eiko & Koma choreograph cultural politics / Rosemary Candelario

Ambivalent selves: the Asian female body in contemporary American dance / Maura Nguyen Donohue

Afterword / Yutian Wong and Denise Uyehara.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780299308735

0299308731

OCLC:

950196699