Milestones in Asian American Theatre

Josephine LeePerforming Arts
Milestones in Asian American Theatre

Author: Josephine Lee

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

ISBN: 9781000636376

Category: Performing Arts

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This introduction to Asian American theatre charts ten of the most pivotal moments in the history of the Asian diaspora in the USA and how those moments have been reflected in theatre. Designed for weekly use on Asian American theatre courses, ten chosen milestones move chronologically from the earliest contact between Japan and the West through the impact of the Vietnam War and the resurgent "yellow peril" hysteria of COVID-19. Each chapter emphasizes common questions of how racial identities and relationships are understood in everyday life as well as represented on the theatrical stage and in popular culture. Milestones are a range of accessible textbooks, breaking down the need-to-know moments in the social, cultural, political, and artistic development of foundational subject areas.

Milestones in Dance History

Dana Tai Soon BurgessPerforming Arts
Milestones in Dance History

Author: Dana Tai Soon Burgess

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

ISBN: 9781000635560

Category: Performing Arts

Page: 237

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This introduction to world dance charts the diverse histories and stories of dancers and artists through ten key moments that have shaped the vast spectrum of different forms and genres that we see today. Designed for weekly use in dance history courses, ten chosen milestones move chronologically from the earliest indigenous rituals and the dance crazes of Eastern trade routes, to the social justice performance and evolving online platforms of modern times. This clear, dynamic framework uses the idea of migrations to chart the shifting currents of influence and innovation in dance from an inclusive set of perspectives that acknowledge the enduring cultural legacies on display in every dance form. Milestones are a range of accessible textbooks, breaking down the need-to-know moments in the social, cultural, political, and artistic development of foundational subject areas.

Milestones in Dance in the USA

Elizabeth McPhersonPerforming Arts
Milestones in Dance in the USA

Author: Elizabeth McPherson

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

ISBN: 9781000685329

Category: Performing Arts

Page: 251

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Embracing dramatic similarities, glaring disjunctions, and striking innovations, this book explores the history and context of dance on the land we know today as the United States of America. Designed for weekly use in dance history courses, it traces dance in the USA as it broke traditional forms, crossed genres, provoked social and political change, and drove cultural exchange and collision. The authors put a particular focus on those whose voices have been silenced, unacknowledged, and/or uncredited – exploring racial prejudice and injustice, intersectional feminism, protest movements, and economic conditions, as well as demonstrating how socio-political issues and movements affect and are affected by dance. In looking at concert dance, vernacular dance, ritual dance, and the convergence of these forms, the chapters acknowledge the richness of dance in today’s USA and the strong foundations on which it stands. Milestones are a range of accessible textbooks, breaking down the need-to-know moments in the social, cultural, political, and artistic development of foundational subject areas. This book is ideal for undergraduate courses that embrace culturally responsive pedagogy and seek to shift the direction of the lens from western theatrical dance towards the wealth of dance forms in the United States.

American Culture in the 1970s

Will KaufmanSocial Science
American Culture in the 1970s

Author: Will Kaufman

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

ISBN: 9780748631537

Category: Social Science

Page: 264

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The 1970s was one of the most culturally vibrant periods in American history. This book discusses the dominant cultural forms of the 1970s - fiction and poetry; television and drama; film and visual culture; popular music and style; public space and spectacle - and the decade's most influential practitioners and texts: from Toni Morrison to All in the Family, from Diane Arbus to Bruce Springsteen, from M.A.S.H. to Taxi Driver and from disco divas to Vietnam protesters. In response to those who consider the seventies the time of disco, polyester and narcissism, this book rewrites the critical engagement with one of America's most misunderstood decades.Key Features*Focused case studies featuring key texts and influential writers, artists, directors and musicians*Chronology of 1970s American Culture*Bibliographies for each chapter and a general bibliography on 1970s Culture*14 black-and-white illustrations

The Cambridge History of Asian American Literature

Rajini SrikanthLiterary Criticism
The Cambridge History of Asian American Literature

Author: Rajini Srikanth

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

ISBN: 9781316368459

Category: Literary Criticism

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The Cambridge History of Asian American Literature presents a comprehensive history of the field, from its origins in the nineteenth century to the present day. It offers an unparalleled examination of all facets of Asian American writing that help readers to understand how authors have sought to make their experiences meaningful. Covering subjects from autobiography and Japanese American internment literature to contemporary drama and social protest performance, this History traces the development of a literary tradition while remaining grounded in current scholarship. It also presents new critical approaches to Asian American literature that will serve the needs of students and specialists alike. Written by leading scholars in the field, The Cambridge History of Asian American Literature will not only engage readers in contemporary debates but also serve as a definitive reference for years to come.

Modern American Drama: Playwriting in the 1980s

Sandra G. ShannonLiterary Criticism
Modern American Drama: Playwriting in the 1980s

Author: Sandra G. Shannon

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

ISBN: 9781350153646

Category: Literary Criticism

Page: 256

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The Decades of Modern American Playwriting series provides a comprehensive survey and study of the theatre produced in each decade from the 1930s to 2009 in eight volumes. Each volume equips readers with a detailed understanding of the context from which work emerged: an introduction considers life in the decade with a focus on domestic life and conditions, social changes, culture, media, technology, industry and political events; while a chapter on the theatre of the decade offers a wide-ranging and thorough survey of theatres, companies, dramatists, new movements and developments in response to the economic and political conditions of the day. The work of the four most prominent playwrights from the decade receives in-depth analysis and re-evaluation by a team of experts, together with commentary on their subsequent work and legacy. A final section brings together original documents such as interviews with the playwrights and with directors, drafts of play scenes, and other previously unpublished material. The major playwrights and their plays to receive in-depth coverage in this volume include: David Mamet: Edmond (1982), Glengarry Glen Ross (1984), Speed-the-Plow (1988) and Oleanna (1992); David Henry Hwang: Family Devotions (1981), The Sound of a Voice (1983) and M. Butterfly (1988); Maria Irene Fornès: The Danube (1982), Mud (1983) and The Conduct of Life (1985); August Wilson: Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (1984), Joe Turner's Come and Gone (1984) and Fences (1987).

Asian American Almanac

Irene NatividadJuvenile Nonfiction
Asian American Almanac

Author: Irene Natividad

Publisher: Uxl

ISBN: PSU:000051139797

Category: Juvenile Nonfiction

Page: 296

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Looks at the history and culture of the ethnic groups who are descendants from Asian and Pacific Island countries, covering such topics as religion, family, health, employment, civil rights, and education.

The Methuen Drama Handbook of Theatre History and Historiography

Claire CochranePerforming Arts
The Methuen Drama Handbook of Theatre History and Historiography

Author: Claire Cochrane

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

ISBN: 9781350034303

Category: Performing Arts

Page: 392

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The Methuen Drama Handbook of Theatre History and Historiography is an authoritative guide to contemporary debates and practices in this field. The book covers the key themes and methods that are current in theatre history research, with a particular focus on expanding the object of study to include engagement with theatre and performance practices and the development of theatre histories around the world. Central to the book are eighteen specially commissioned essays by established and emerging scholars from a wide range of international contexts, whose discussion of individual case studies is predicated on their understanding and experience of their 'local' landscape of theatre history. These essays reveal where important work continues to be done in the field and, most valuably, draws on academic contexts beyond the Western academy to expand our knowledge of the exciting directions that such an approach opens up. Prefaced by an introduction tracing the development of the discipline of theatre history and changing historiographical approaches, the Handbook explores current issues pertaining to theatre and performance history research, as well as providing up to date and robust introductions to the methods and historiographic questions being explored by researchers in the field. Featuring a series of essential research tools, including a detailed list of resources and an annotated bibliography of key texts, this is an indispensable scholarly handbook for anyone working in theatre and performance history and historiography.

Beyond Bollywood and Broadway

Neilesh BosePerforming Arts
Beyond Bollywood and Broadway

Author: Neilesh Bose

Publisher: Indiana University Press

ISBN: 9780253027917

Category: Performing Arts

Page: 521

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This collection of 11 plays, from North America, the U.K., and South Africa—many published here for the first time—delves into the vibrant, cosmopolitan theatre of the South Asian diaspora. These original and provocative works explore the experience of diaspora by drawing on cultural references as diverse as classical Indian texts, adaptations of Shakespeare and Homer, current events, and world music, film, and dance. Neilesh Bose provides historical background on South Asian migration and performance traditions in each region, along with critical introductions and biographical background on each playwright. Includes works by Anuvab Pal, Aasif Mandvi, Shishir Kurup, Rahul Varma, Rana Bose, Rukhsana Ahmad, Jatinder Verma, Sudha Bhuchar and Kristine Landon-Smith, Ronnie Govender, Kessie Govender, and Kriben Pillay.

Broken Milestones

Manzur MurshedFamily & Relationships
Broken Milestones

Author: Manzur Murshed

Publisher: FLF Press

ISBN: 9781891855696

Category: Family & Relationships

Page: 643

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Yusuf, the hero of this novel is born in a small coastal village of Bengal towards the end of the British Raj in India. His mother dies shortly after his birth and he goes to live in Calcutta with his father and step mother. He grows up there, getting drawn into the communal strife preceding the Partition India, witnessing one of the worst tragedies of human history. His Hindu girl friend is killed by his Muslim friend during the communal riots and he avenges her murder by killing his friend before leaving for Pakistan for good. He grows up as a young man in East Pakistan and joins the civil service. During his training period in West Pakistan, he falls in love with a West Pakistani girl and marries her. They have a son and continue living in East Pakistan, despite cultural problems and adverse climate faced by his wife. The political climate in Pakistan deteriorates and the country faces a civil war. Yusuf's parents are killed in the army action during the war and Shahnaz, his wife, unable to take the strain of the war, leaves him with their only child for her native land. Yusuf's only sister, married to a West Pakistani, is stranded in Pakistan, with her husband taken as a POW at the end of the Liberation War that ushers in the birth of a new state, Bangladesh.

Fifty Key Figures in Queer US Theatre

Jimmy A. NoriegaPerforming Arts
Fifty Key Figures in Queer US Theatre

Author: Jimmy A. Noriega

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

ISBN: 9781000638882

Category: Performing Arts

Page: 270

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Whether creating Broadway musicals, experimental dramas, or outrageous comedies, the performers, directors, playwrights, designers, and producers profiled in this collection have contributed to the representation of LGBTQ lives and culture in a variety of theatrical venues, both within the queer community and across the US theatrical landscape. Moving from the era of the Stonewall Riots to today, notable scholars in the field bring a wide variety of queer theatre artists into conversation with each other, exploring connections and differences in race, gender, physical ability, national origin, class, generation, aesthetic modes, and political goals, creating a diverse and inclusive study of 50 years of queer theatre. For readers seeking an introduction to or a deeper understanding of LGBTQ theatre, this volume offers thought-provoking analyses of theatre-makers both celebrated and lesser-known, mainstream and subversive, canonical and new.