But Still, Like Air, I'll Rise - Velina Houston

But Still, Like Air, I'll Rise

New Asian American Plays

(Autor)

Buch | Hardcover
280 Seiten
1997
Temple University Press,U.S. (Verlag)
978-1-56639-537-3 (ISBN)
83,55 inkl. MwSt
Gathers together eleven plays that speak in the "hybridized American voices of Asian descent - and often dissent." This title brings forth vibrant work that challenges producers and audiences to broaden their expectations, to attend to the unfamiliar voices that express the universal and particular vision of Asian-American playwrights.
In this pathbreaking volume, Velina Hasu Houston gathers together eleven plays that speak in the /u0022hybridized, unique American voices of Asian descent -- and often dissent./u0022 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. What are Asian American plays about? Family conflicts, sexuality, social upheaval, betrayal ... the stuff of all drama. Whether the characters are a middle-aged Taiwanese woman who is married to an Irish American and who dreams of opening a Chinese restaurant, a Chinese American female bond trader trying to survive a corporate takeover, or an ABC (American Born Chinese) gay man whose lover has AIDS, their Asian-ness is only a part of their story. As a playwright, Houston is keenly aware of the rigid formulas that often exclude writers of color and women women writers from mainstream theater. But Still, Like air, I'll Rise brings forth vibrant new work that challenges producers and audiences to broaden their expectations, to attend to the unfamiliar voices that expresses the universal and particular vision of Asian American playwrights.

Velina Hasu Houston is Associate Professor and Director of the Playwriting Program in the School of Theatre at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles. She is also an award-winning playwright, screenwriter, essayist, and poet. Her work has been presented internationally at such venues as the Manhattan Theatre Club, Old Globe Theatre, a Contemporary Theatre, Syracuse Stage, Smithsonian Institute, Kennedy Center, and Japan Society. She has written for film and television and her plays and critical essays are published in several anthologies. Her first anthology for Temple was The Politics of Life: Four Plays by Asian American Women.

Foreword – Roberta Uno
Acknowledgments
Introduction – Velina Hasu Houston
1. Talk Story – Jeannie Barroga
2. Day Standing on its Head – Philip Kan Gotanda
3. Kokoro (True Heart) – Velina Hasu Houston
4. Dance of the Wandering Souls – Huynh Quang Nhoung
5. Bondage – David Henry Hwang
6. The Conversion of Ka'ahumanu – Victoria Nalani Kneubuhl
7. Cleveland Raining – Sung Rno
8. Breaking Glass – Dmae Roberts
9. Junk Bonds – Lucy Wang
10. Kimchee and Chitlins – Elizabeth Wong
11. A Language of Their Own – Chay Yew
About the Contributors

Erscheint lt. Verlag 30.5.1997
Reihe/Serie Asian American History & Cultu
Verlagsort Philadelphia PA
Sprache englisch
Maße 127 x 203 mm
Themenwelt Literatur Lyrik / Dramatik Dramatik / Theater
ISBN-10 1-56639-537-2 / 1566395372
ISBN-13 978-1-56639-537-3 / 9781566395373
Zustand Neuware
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