PMA 2621

Introduction to Asian American Performance and Media

Course Description

Course information provided by the 2025-2026 Catalog.

An introduction to Asian American performance, this course will consider both historical and contemporary examples and forms through the analytics of Asian American studies, theatre studies, and performance studies. Throughout the semester, we will pay equal attention to various forms of performance - plays and other staged performances, performance art, as well as everyday performances - as well as both primary sources and theoretical/critical readings. Students will be introduced to key concepts of Asian American performance studies, such as Orientalism, yellow face, radicalized accents, and the performing body, and will begin to not only map a history of Asian American performance but also situate contemporary examples within this tradition.

Distribution Requirements (CA-AG, D-AG, LA-AG), (ALC-AS, SCD-AS)

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