Contemporary Directions in Asian American Dance
Format:Hardback
Publisher:University of Wisconsin Press
Published:30th Apr '16
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The definition of Asian American dance is as contested as the definition of “Asian American.” Artists and scholars who are making, defining, questioning, and theorizing Asian American dance show in these original essays that 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.
This volume addresses topics including 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, Alan 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 contributions include first-person narratives, interviews, ethnography, cultural studies, performance studies, and comparative ethnic studies.
“[This] much anticipated publication . . . marks the beginning of a new era in critical dance/performance studies scholarship. . . . I recommend the book as a course companion for instructors engaged in Asian diaspora studies, themes of global citizenship, Asian labour, cultural production and consumption, or the performance of identity, race, power, sexuality, and gender.”—Asian Diasporic Visual Cultures and the Americas
ISBN: 9780299308704
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 500g
272 pages