Choreographing Asian America Contributor(s): Wong, Yutian (Author) |
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ISBN: 0819567035 ISBN-13: 9780819567031 Publisher: Wesleyan University Press OUR PRICE: $26.55 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2010 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Dance - Classical & Ballet - Literary Criticism | American - Asian American |
Dewey: 792.808 |
LCCN: 2009036033 |
Physical Information: 0.73" H x 6.08" W x 8.94" (0.93 lbs) 280 pages |
Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Asian |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: A critical study of Asian American performance and creative process Poised at the intersection of Asian American studies and dance studies, Choreographing Asian America is the first book-length examination of the role of Orientalist discourse in shaping Asian Americanist entanglements with U.S. modern dance history. Moving beyond the acknowledgement that modern dance has its roots in Orientalist appropriation, Yutian Wong considers the effect that invisible Orientalism has on the reception of work by Asian American choreographers and the conceptualization of Asian American performance as a category. Drawing on ethnographic and choreographic research methods, the author follows the work of Club O' Noodles--a Vietnamese American performance ensemble--to understand how Asian American artists respond to competing narratives of representation, aesthetics, and social activism that often frame the production of Asian American performance. |