Anime Wong: Fictions of Performance

By Karen Tei Yamashita

Book Overview

Giant foam rubber sushi and cyborg kungfu fighters populate performances that reflect questions of gender, identity, orientalism, and racial politics.

Anime Wong is a memory book of performances, most of which were produced collaboratively, reflecting questions of gender, identity, Orientalism, and racial politics. Yamashita's theatrical work is fiction interpreted by the body in real time; these kinetic encounters, complete with giant foam-rubber sushi and cyborg kung fu fighters, create a space for humor, interaction, and epiphany.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1566893402
• ISBN13: 9781566893404
• Release Date: March 2014
• Publisher: Coffee House Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 8.9"