Yellow light : the flowering of Asian American Arts
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Yellow light : the flowering of Asian American Arts
（Asian American history and culture series）
Temple University Press, 1999
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Includes index
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ISBN 9781566396707
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This work asked 40 artists about their sense of an Asian American identity, their intended audience, and the genesis and purpose of their creative works. It brings together a range of artists who span three generations and represent the broad spectrum of ethnicities that make up Asian America.
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pbk. ISBN 9781566398176
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Is there a distinctive Asian American creative sensibility?
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments Introduction: What's in a Name Part I: The Written Word C.Y. Lee, Novelist: The Short Story That Changed My Fate Kim Yong Ik, Novelist: "Home Again, 1945" (from Gourd Hollow Dance), From Elegy by Kim Udam Mitsuye Yamada, Poet: That Man, In Some Countries Diana Chang, Novelist and Poet: The Oriental Contingent Sook Nyul Choi, Memorist and Novelist: From Year of Impossible Goodbyes Maxine Hong Kingston, Memoirist and Novelist: From Tripmaster Monkey Peter Bacho, Novelist: A Family Gathering Arthur Sze, Poet: In Your Honor, The Redshifting Web Meena Alexander, Poet, Novelist, and Memoirst: Imagining Dora Darrell Lum, Fiction Writer and Playwright: Paint Garrett Hongo, Poet: Ministry: Homage to Kilauea David Mura, Poet, Memorist, and Performance Artist: The Colors of Desire Karen Tei Yamashita, Novelist: Siamese Twins and Mongoloids Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, Poet and Fiction Writer: Clothes Kirin Narayan, Anthropologist and Novelist: "Firoze Ganjifrockwala" (from Love, Stars, and All That) Katherine Min, Poet and Fiction Writer: The Brick Stewart David Ikeda, Novelist: Roughie Part II: Images, the Spoken Word, Dance, and Music Flo Oy Wong, Artist: Made in USA: Angel Island Shhh, My Mother's Baggage, Baby Jack Rice Story: The Corner Beckoned Munio Makuuchi, Artist and Poet: From Lake Minidoka to Lake Mendota, Black Diamond, Rooting for Coal, Fairgrounds Called Camp Harmony?, Gathering the Lost Tribes under Blue-Spot-Tailed Golden Eagle Wings, Diane as Victory Garden--Even 1/16 "Japanese" Blood Ping Chong, Playwright: 98.6--A Convergence in 15 Minutes Genny Lim, Poet and Playwright: From La China Poblana David Henry Hwang, Playwright: Trying to Find Chinatown Velina Hasu Houston, Playwright and Poet: From Tea Dwight Okita, Playwright and Poet: Richard Speck, Asian Men on Asian Men: The Attraction Dan Kwong, Performance and Installation Artist: "Song for Grandpa" (from Monkhood in 3 Easy Lessons) Slant, Performance Group: Richard Ebihara, Wayland Quintero, Perry Yung: "No Menus Please" (from Big Dicks, Asian Men), "Diary of a Paper Son" (from The Second Coming) Christine Choy, Filmmaker: Stills from Who Killed Vincent Chin? Renee Tajima-Pena Filmmaker: Stills from America... or Honk if You Love Buddha Eric Koyanagi, Filmmaker: Stills from hundred percent Garrett Richard Wang, Actor: Response William David "Charlie" Chin, Musician, Composer, and Writer: Johnson's Store Chris Iijima, Lawyer, Singer, and Songwriter: Asian Song Nobuke Miyamoto, Dancer, Singer, and Songwriter: To All Relations/Mitakuye Oyasin, What is the Color of Love?, The Chasm Peggy Myo-Young Choy, Dancer and Choreographer: Response Jon Jang, Composer and Pianist: From Island: The Immigrant Suite Fred Ho, Musician and Composer: Response Jamez Chang, Hip-Hop and Rap Artist: Indiana Jones Chang, Longing for Home, Sai-i-ku, April 29 Ton Ger Xiong, Hip-Hop and Rap Artist: Go Hmong Boy Go Hmong Boy Go: A Rap, We Are Hmong: A Rap Permissions
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