Format:
xiii, 268 Seiten
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Illustrationen
ISBN:
9780472075430
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9780472055432
Content:
Made-Up Asians traces the history of yellowface, the theatrical convention of non-Asian actors putting on makeup and costume to look East Asian. Using specific case studies from European and U.S. theater, race science, and early film, Esther Kim Lee traces the development of yellowface in the U.S. context during the Exclusion Era (1862-1940), when Asians faced legal and cultural exclusion from immigration and citizenship. These caricatured, distorted, and misrepresented versions of Asians took the place of excluded Asians on theatrical stages and cinema screens. The book examines a wide-ranging set of primary sources, including makeup guidebooks, play catalogs, advertisements, biographies, and backstage anecdotes, providing new ways of understanding and categorizing yellowface as theatrical practice and historical subject. Made-Up Asians also shows how lingering effects of Asian exclusionary laws can still be seen in yellowface performances, casting practices, and anti-Asian violence into the 21st century
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Additional Edition:
9780472220328
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Lee, Esther Kim, 1970 - Made-Up Asians Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2022 9780472220328
Language:
English
Keywords:
USA
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Theater
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Film
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Ostasien
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Chinesen
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Hautfarbe
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Körperbemalung
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Gelb
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Stereotyp
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Diskriminierung
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Rassismus
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Geschichte 1862-1940
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