Challenging Nostalgia: Unveiling the Ghosts of Seattle's Nippon Kan

Challenging Nostalgia: Unveiling the Ghosts of Seattle's Nippon Kan

The Nippon Kan, a theatre hall built by Seattle's Japanese immigrants, went dark when President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 in 1942, removing Americans of Japanese descent from the West Coast. Au Yong's auto-ethnographic essay addresses how nostalgia and identity affect performan...

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Veröffentlicht in:TDR : Drama review 2004-06, Vol.48 (2), p.91-107
1. Verfasser: Yong, Byron Au
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Asian Americans
Kabuki
Musical keys
Musical performance
Parents
Performing artists
Pianists
Pianos
Theater
Voice overs
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Zusammenfassung:The Nippon Kan, a theatre hall built by Seattle's Japanese immigrants, went dark when President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 in 1942, removing Americans of Japanese descent from the West Coast. Au Yong's auto-ethnographic essay addresses how nostalgia and identity affect performances in the present, incorporating voiceovers, program notes, and the ruminations of a pianist to complicate his memories of Woman, Monkey, and Kabuki Joe, which premiered at the Nippon Kan. Winner of TDR's Student Essay Contest for 2003.
ISSN:1054-2043
1531-4715
DOI:10.1162/105420404323063418