About Face

Performing Race in Fashion and Theater

Auteurs

• Dorinne Kondo

Paramètres

• 288 pages
• 11 heures de lecture

• Mode
• Nonfiction

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Exploring the intersection of race and performance, the book delves into the racialization processes within the fashion and theater industries, highlighting the impact of Western representations of Asia on Asian and Asian American identities. It presents a fresh perspective on cultural politics, emphasizing themes of pleasure, subversion of Orientalisms, and the evolving challenges to traditional notions of race, gender, and nation. Through diverse examples from Paris to Broadway, it offers insights into the complexities of cultural representation and identity.

Achat du livre

• Année de publication: 1997
• Reliure: (souple)