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Author:   Yutian Wong
Publisher:   University of Wisconsin Press
Imprint:   University of Wisconsin Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.388kg
ISBN:  

9780299308742

ISBN 10:   029930874
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   30 December 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Table of Contents

"Preface and Acknowledgments  Introduction Yutian Wong Part I: Dancing Citizenship 1. A New Taiko Folk Dance: San Jose Taiko and Asian American Movements Angela K. Ahlgren 2. We Should Bring Our Muzukashii Roko Kawai 3. Asian Canadian Dance: Cross-Cultural Currents in Vancouver's Kokoro Dance and Co.ERASGA Dance Eury Colin Chang 4. """"Started in the Streets . . ."""": Reality TV, Neoliberalism and the Performance of Asian American Entrepreneurship on America's Best Dance Crew, Season 1 Brian Su-Jen Chung Part II: Choreographing Aesthetics 5. Mediated Meditations: Choreographies of Shen Wei and Kun-Yang Lin Ellen V. P. Gerdes 6. An Asian American Land: Eiko & Koma Choreograph Cultural Politics  Rosemary Candelario 7. Ambivalent Selves: The Asian Female Body in Contemporary American Dance  Maura Nguyen Donohue Afterword   Yutian Wong and Denise Uyehara Bibliography   Contributors Index"

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Confirms the vibrant and diverse presence of contemporary Asian American dance on the stage and in the world. This fresh new scholarship inspires us all to consider the strategies and achievements of generations of artists and researchers working at the intersection of Asian American studies and dance studies. An absolute must for anyone concerned with the future of dance scholarship. --Thomas F. DeFrantz, editor of Dancing Many Drums A methodologically diverse and eclectic approach to Asian American dance studies, where dance is both method and content. These essays illuminate the ways that dance shapes, troubles, and pushes against the contours of what counts as Asian American cultural production. --Priya Srinivasan, author of Sweating Saris

A methodologically diverse and eclectic approach to Asian American dance studies, where dance is both method and content. These essays illuminate the ways that dance shapes, troubles, and pushes against the contours of what counts as Asian American cultural production. - Priya Srinivasan, author of Sweating Saris Confirms the vibrant and diverse presence of contemporary Asian American dance on the stage and in the world. This fresh new scholarship inspires us all to consider the strategies and achievements of generations of artists and researchers working at the intersection of Asian American studies and dance studies. An absolute must for anyone concerned with the future of dance scholarship. - Thomas F. DeFrantz, editor of Dancing Many Drums A methodologically diverse and eclectic approach to Asian American dance studies, where dance is both method and content. These essays illuminate the ways that dance shapes, troubles, and pushes against the contours of what counts as Asian American cultural production. - Priya Srinivasan, author of Sweating Saris Confirms the vibrant and diverse presence of contemporary Asian American dance on the stage and in the world. This fresh new scholarship inspires us all to consider the strategies and achievements of generations of artists and researchers working at the intersection of Asian American studies and dance studies. An absolute must for anyone concerned with the future of dance scholarship. - Thomas F. DeFrantz, editor of Dancing Many Drums

Author Information

Yutian Wong is an associate professor in the School of Theatre and Dance at San Francisco State University. She is the author of Choreographing Asian America.

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