The politics of life : four plays by Asian American women
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Bibliographic Information
The politics of life : four plays by Asian American women
(Asian American history and culture series)
Temple University Press, 1993
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- : pbk
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Contents of Works
- 12-1-A ; The chairman's wife / Wakako Yamauchi
- Bitter cane / Genny Lim
- Asa ga kimashita (Morning has broken) / Velina Hasu Houston
Description and Table of Contents
- Volume
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: cl ISBN 9781566390002
Description
This anthology of work by three Asian American women playwrights-Wakako Yamauchi, Genny Lim, and Velina Hasu Houston-features pioneering contemporary writers who have made their mark in regional and ethnic theatres throughout the United States. In her introduction, Houston observes that the Asian American woman playwright is compelled "to mine her soul" and express the angst, fear, and rage that oppression has wrought while maintaining her relationship with America as a good citizen.The plays are rich with cultural and political substance and have a feminist concern about women's spirit, intellect, and lives. They portray Asian and Asian American women who challenge the cultural and sexual stereotypes of the Asian female. Yamauchi's two plays deal with how easily a country can dishonor its citizens. In "12-1-A," a Japanese American family is incarcerated during World War II in an Arizona camp where Yamauchi herself was interned. "The Chairman's Wife" dramatizes the life of Madame Mao Tse Tung through the lens of events at Tien An Men Square in 1989. Lim's "Bitter Cane" is about the exploitation of Chinese laborers who were recruited to work the Hawaiian sugar cane plantations. In "Asa Ga Kimashita" ("Morning Has Broken"), Houston explores a Japanese woman's interracial romance in postwar Japan and the influence of traditional patriarchy on the lives of Japanese women.These plays will entertain and enlighten, enrage and profoundly move audiences. With honesty, imagination and courage, each grapples with the politics of life.In the series Asian American History and Culture, edited by Sucheng Chan, David Palumbo-Liu, Michael Omi, K. Scott Wong, and Linda Trinh Vo.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Wakako Yamauchi
2. 12-1-A
3. The Chairman's Wife
4. Genny Lim
5. Bitter Cane
6. Velina Hasu Houston
7. Asa Ga Kimashita (Morning Has Broken)
- Volume
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: pbk ISBN 9781566390019
Description
This anthology of work by three Asian American women playwrights Wakako Yamauchi, Genny Lim, and Velina Hasu Houston features pioneering contemporary writers who have made their mark in regional and ethnic theatres throughout the United States. In her introduction, Houston observes that the Asian American woman playwright is compelled 'to mine her soul' and express the angst, fear, and rage that oppression has wrought while maintaining her relationship with America as a good citizen. The plays are rich with cultural and political substance and have a feminist concern about women's spirit, intellect, and lives. They portray Asian and Asian American women who challenge the cultural and sexual stereotypes of the Asian female. Yamauchi's two plays deal with how easily a country can dishonor its citizens.In "12-1-A," a Japanese American family is incarcerated during World War II in an Arizona camp where Yamauchi herself was interned. "The Chairman's Wife" dramatizes the life of Madame Mao Tse Tung through the lens of events at Tien An Men Square in 1989. Lim's "Bitter Cane" is about the exploitation of Chinese labourers who were recruited to work the Hawaiian sugar cane plantations.
In "Asa Ga Kimashita" ("Morning Has Broken"), Houston explores a Japanese woman's interracial romance in postwar Japan and the influence of traditional patriarchy on the lives of Japanese women. These plays will entertain and enlighten, enrage and profoundly move audiences. With honesty, imagination and courage, each grapples with the politics of life. Author note: Velina Hasu Houston teaches in the University of Southern California's School of Theatre and is the author of "Tea", one of the most produced plays about the experience of Asians in America.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Wakako Yamauchi 2. 12-1-A 3. The Chairman's Wife 4. Genny Lim 5. Bitter Cane 6. Velina Hasu Houston 7. Asa Ga Kimashita (Morning Has Broken)
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