Overview

Poised at the intersection of Asian American studies and dance studies, Choreographing Asian America is the first book-length examination of the role of Orientalist discourse in shaping Asian Americanist entanglements with U.S. modern dance history. Moving beyond the acknowledgement that modern dance has its roots in Orientalist appropriation, Yutian Wong considers the effect that invisible Orientalism has on the reception of work by Asian American choreographers and the conceptualization of Asian American performance as a category. Drawing on ethnographic and choreographic research methods, the author follows the work of Club O' Noodles-a Vietnamese American performance ensemble-to understand how Asian American artists respond to competing narratives of representation, aesthetics, and social activism that often frame the production of Asian American performance.

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Attitude: The Dancers Magazine (Y)ou will learn a different process to making art from Yutian Wong's book. I strongly recommend it. --Bernadine Jennings Attitude: The Dancers' Magazine (2/1/2011 12:00:00 AM) -(Y)ou will learn a different process to making art from Yutian Wong's book. I strongly recommend it.---Bernadine Jennings, Attitude: The Dancers' Magazine (Y)ou will learn a different process to making art from Yutian Wong s book. I strongly recommend it. Bernadine Jennings, Attitude: The Dancers Magazine

Attitude: The Dancers Magazine

(Y)ou will learn a different process to making art from Yutian Wong's book. I strongly recommend it. --Bernadine Jennings, Attitude: The Dancers' Magazine

(Y)ou will learn a different process to making art from Yutian Wong s book. I strongly recommend it. Bernadine Jennings, <i><b>Attitude: The Dancers Magazine</b></i>

(Y)ou will learn a different process to making art from Yutian Wong's book. I strongly recommend it. Bernadine Jennings, Attitude: The Dancers' Magazine

Author Information

YUTIAN WONG is an assistant professor in the School of Music and Dance at San Francisco State University.

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