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Krystyn R. Moon explores the contributions of writers, performers, producers, and consumers in order to demonstrate how popular music and performance has played an important role in constructing Chinese and Chinese American stereotypes. The book brings to life the rich musical period of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

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Yellowface details the theatrical and musical history of Chinese and Chinese American performance at a time when 'Asian American' identity was unheard of. It should be a welcome addition to Asian American studies and American cultural history, as well as theater and music history.-Josephine Lee, Performing Asian America: Race and Ethnicity on the Contemporary Stage

Yellowface details the theatrical and musical history of Chinese and Chinese American performance at a time when 'Asian American' identity was unheard of. It should be a welcome addition to Asian American studies and American cultural history, as well as theater and music history. -Josephine Lee, Performing Asian America: Race and Ethnicity on the Contemporary Stage

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Krystyn R. Moonis an assistant professor at Georgia State University, where she teaches U.S. cultural history and Asian American history.

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