Afroasian Encounters: Culture, History, Politics

by Gary Okihiro, Shannon Steen, Vijay Prashad, et al.

Book Overview

With a Foreword by Vijay Prashad and an Afterword by Gary Okihiro
How might we understand yellowface performances by African Americans in 1930s swing adaptations of Gilbert and Sullivan's The Mikado, Paul Robeson's support of Asian and Asian American struggles, or the absorption of hip hop by Asian American youth culture?
AfroAsian Encounters is the first anthology to look at the mutual influence of and relationships between...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814775810
• ISBN13: 9780814775813
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 342 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.0"