Topic: Week 2 Glimpses of the Orient
Comment: Like M. Butterfly, David Henry Hwang’s Yellow Face is an excellent case study for how Asian identity is “orientalized” in the western performance culture.
Topic: Final Assignment
Comment: This site provides open-access resources to facilitate student’s creative process in the writing of the final assignment.
Topic: Week 1 Introduction and Overview
Comment: This book provides brief explanations of key theoretical terms regarding Asian identity in theatre and performance, such as decolonialization, Orientalism, performativity, and racialization.
Topic: Week 7 Asianizing the Western Cannon: Asian Shakespeare
Comment: This open-access journal provides a rich site for discussing the representation of ethnic identity and performance aesthetics in Asian Shakespeare productions.
Topic: Week 7 Asianizing the Western Cannon: Asian Shakespeare
Comment: This digital archive contains a large number of Asian Shakespeare production recordings and related information. Note: free registration is required for access and the reviewing process can take several days.
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