Contemporary Directions in Asian American Dance

Contributors to this volume address such topics as the role of the 1960s Asian American movement in creating Japanese American taiko groups, and the experience of internment during World War II influencing butoh dance in Canada. The volume includes first-person narratives, interviews, ethnography, cultural studies, and performance studies.

About the author

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.

Summary

Contributors to this volume address such topics as the role of the 1960s Asian American movement in creating Japanese American taiko groups, and the experience of internment during World War II influencing butoh dance in Canada. The volume includes first-person narratives, interviews, ethnography, cultural studies, and performance studies.

Product details

• Authors: Yutian Wong, Yutian (EDT) Wong
• Assisted by: Yutian Wong (Editor)
• Publisher: The University of Wisconsin Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9780299308742
• ISBN: 978-0-299-30874-2
• No. of pages: 272
• Series: Studies in Dance History; Studies in Dance History
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet