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Lectures & Discussions

"Anime Wong: Fictions of Performance" by Karen Tei Yamashita

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Lectures & Discussions

"Anime Wong: Fictions of Performance" by Karen Tei Yamashita

Anime Wong: Fictions of Performance, written by Karen Tei Yamashita and edited by Stephen Hong Sohn, is a collection of performance texts dating back as early as 1990s to 2013. Yamashita, known for her numerous highly acclaimed novels including Tropic of Orange, Brazil-Maru, and I Hotel, traces her creative roots in theater.

This book gathers her artistic, humorous, and insightful stage materials that tackle identity, gender, and techno-orientalism, where Anna May Wong is transformed to Anime Wong, superstar of CyberAsia.

Live performances by Gary Gabisan and Juliet Wong.

Cosponsored by the UCLA Asian American Studies Center.

Sunday, Apr 06, 2014

2:00 PM PDT

Anime Wong: Fictions of Performance, written by Karen Tei Yamashita and edited by Stephen Hong Sohn, is a collection of performance texts dating back as early as 1990s to 2013. Yamashita, known for her numerous highly acclaimed novels including Tropic of Orange, Brazil-Maru, and I Hotel, traces her creative roots in theater.

This book gathers her artistic, humorous, and insightful stage materials that tackle identity, gender, and techno-orientalism, where Anna May Wong is transformed to Anime Wong, superstar of CyberAsia.

Live performances by Gary Gabisan and Juliet Wong.

Cosponsored by the UCLA Asian American Studies Center.

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