In her groundbreaking book, Performing Asian America, Josephine Lee meets a formidable challenge. How does one go about describing and analyzing the cultural production of Asian Americans, a group just beginning to make their complex political and social positions more visible? Lee approaches her specific subject, how Asian American playwrights depict race and ethnicity onstage, from the perspective that theatrical performances and dramatic texts can tell us much about these contemporary dynamics.
Beginning in the late 19th century, Chinese immigrants arrived in New York City with hopes of more opportunity for better lives. Once confined to a few streets in downtown Manhattan, the Chinese people gradually moved throughout the city. Their rich cultural traditions contribute to New York's vibrant multicultural community. New York City's Chinese Community captures the people, culture, history, businesses, events, and neighborhoods that have defined this community from the early days to more recent times. Historic photographs highlight details from the life and experiences of the Chinese population in New York, including their deep-rooted heritage and their new American ways of life.
While most discussions of race in American theater emphasize the representation of race mainly in terms of character, plot, and action, Race in American Musical Theater highlights elements of theatrical production and reception that are particular to musical theater. Examining how race functions through the recurrence of particular racial stereotypes and storylines, this introductory volume also looks at casting practices, the history of the chorus line, and the popularity of recent shows such as Hamilton. Moving from key examples such as Show Boat! and South Pacific through to all-Black musicals such as Dreamgirls, Bring in 'da Noise, Bring in 'da Funk, and Jelly's Last Jam, this concise study serves as a critical survey of how race is presented in the American musical theater canon. Providing readers with historical background, a range of case studies and models of critical analysis, this foundational book prompts questions from how stereotypes persist to “who tells your story?”
Josephine Lee looks at how nineteenth and early twentieth century commercial American theater combined Black and Asian stage representations. In minstrelsy, melodrama, vaudeville, and musical theater, both white and Black performers enacted blackface characterizations alongside Oriental stereotypes of opulence and deception, comic servitude, and exotic sexuality. Building on scholarship on orientalism in arts and culture and Blackness in minstrelsy, Lee shows how blackface was often associated with working-class masculinity and the development of a nativist white racial identity for European immigrants. Meanwhile, everything 'oriental,' Lee argues, marked what was culturally coded as foreign, feminized, and ornamental, and these conflicting racial representations were often intermingled in actual stage performance"--
In memory of Grace Chen - When a touch of your smile rises Professor Phil Hsieh When a touch of your smile rises Among the “blue sky and white clouds” It blossoms into dimples Taking the pose Of sublime lotuses. Your life’s energies diffuse Like the fragrance of a flower. Always cheerful With an enormous heart, You talked and sang To spread the seeds of Love at every Corner of the world, Bright and dark alike. Your thirty-six Years of shortened But brilliant life Turned into touching Memories in our minds, Episode after episode And time after time. The impermanence of sufferings Made marks on your body And yet you still Faced it with smiles. O you the flying Apsara Please, as you wished, come back soon, While humming the tunes of Love. 【推薦文】 The story of Josephine and Grace, mother and daughter, has inspired many people. Through their example and their strong faith, they have answered many people’s questions about life and comforted people as they face fear of death, transforming their pain and sorrow to achieve great love. -Stanley Yan, Chair of The Alliance Cultural Foundation Grace was not only my patient, she also brightened up my life with her radiance, becoming an unforgettable person in my life. Through its description of Grace’s extraordinary life, I hope this book will help readers rethink the purpose of life and find the true meaning and value of their own lives. -Dr.Yen Yun, Taipei Cancer Center Convener at Taipei Medical University After Grace received her Juris Doctor Diploma from Loyola Law School in Los Angeles, CA, she immediately passed the bar examination in California and became a lawyer. She decided to work for Ernst & Young Global Limited, one of the largest consultant companies in the world. As a law consultant, she helped other large companies establish and regulate rules and regulations for employee benefits at their companies. In addition, she volunteered at the Tzu Chi Foundation, USA, as a law consultant. Growing up in a kind and humble family, Grace followed principles calling for a life free of conflict and competition and to be loving, giving, and selfless. -Dr.Rey Sheng Her, Deputy CEO of Tzu Chi Foundation; Associate Professor of Tzu Chi University; Associate Scholar of Harvard University, FAS, CAMLab.
The Japan of Pure Invention not only sheds new light on a seemingly familiar sold chestnut,' it raises new possibilities for understanding the endurance of orientalism in relation to both whiteness and blackness."-KAREN SHIMAKAWA, author of National Abjection: The Asian American Body Onstage --
The Japan of Pure Invention not only sheds new light on a seemingly familiar sold chestnut,' it raises new possibilities for understanding the endurance of orientalism in relation to both whiteness and blackness."-KAREN SHIMAKAWA, author of National Abjection: The Asian American Body Onstage --
While most discussions of race in American theatre emphasize the representation of race mainly in terms of character, plot, and action, Race in American Musical Theatre highlights elements of theatrical production and reception that are particular to musical theatre. This introductory book examines how race functions not only through the recurrence of particular character types and storylines, but also in musical style and song lyrics, in the staging of the chorus line, and in the use of cross-racial casting. Each chapter identifies a particular set of questions that encourages readers to look at works of musical theatre more critically and place them in a broader historical and social context. Drawing on problematic examples such as Thoroughly Modern Millie and Miss Saigon through to integrated shows such as Dreamgirls, Bring in Da Noise, Bring in Da Funk and Hamilton , it serves as a critical survey and analysis of the topic within the American musical theatre canon. Published within the Topics in Musical Theatre series, this volume also includes an appendix that provides background information and plot summaries for its key examples and a list of additional readings related to the topic."--
Friendships & Betrayals is the story of five women who grew up together in Ilford Essex a small town on the outskirts of London's East End. Throughout the years they remain friends. Each woman takes a different path however their lives remain intertwined which leads to betrayal and murder. Jansaba Josephine Lee is the author of two previous novels, Can't You See That Detour Ahead? And Tori. She was brought up and educated in London, England has travelled extensively before finally settling down in Jacksonville, North Carolina for past eight years, which is where she currently resides.
Have you ever watched a huge thunderstorm roll in? The dark black clouds that envelope the sky; you hear the crack of lightning and then the deafening boom of thunder. Before you know it the black clouds are upon you and the heavens open and you are engulfed in torrential rain. Normally these kinds of storms are fleeting, what if the storm never ended? Have you ever met someone that just by being in their presence you were shrouded in a black dense energy that reeks of evil, a person that fills you with foreboding? Some believe the eyes are the windows to the soul, have you ever looked into a person eyes and see only darkness and hate? Have you ever danced with the devil? Tori is the story of a person who was dealt a really bad hand in life which made her sick and twisted, so much so that she decided to wreak havoc and ruin as many lives as she could. Her sociopathic nature would cost the men in her life more than they ever bargained for.
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