Title: But still, like air, I'll rise : new Asian American plays /
Authors: Houston, Velina Hasu.
Publisher: Temple University Press,
Year: 1997
Subjects: American drama Asian American authors; American drama; Asian Americans Drama.
Abstract: In this pathbreaking volume, Velina Hasu Houston gathers together eleven plays that speak in "hybridized, unique American voices of Asian descent - and often dissent." These writers resist the bigotry that targets them solely as people of color as well as the homogenizing tendencies of a multiculturalism that fails to recognize the varied make-up of Asian American experience while demonstrating the different styles and thematic concerns of individual playwrights.
Contents: Foreword / Roberta Uno -- Introduction / Velina Hasu Houston -- Talk-story / Jeannie Barroga -- Day standing on its head / Philip Kan Gotanda -- Kokoro (true heart) / Velina Hasu Houston --Dance of the wandering souls / Huynh Quang Nhoung -- Bondage / David Henry Hwang -- The conversion of Ka'ahumanu / Victoria Nalani Kneubuhl -- Cleveland raining / Sung Rno -- Breaking glass / Dmae Roberts -- Junk bonds / Lucy Wang -- Kimchee and Chitlins / Elizabeth Wong -- A language of their own / Chayv Yew.