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OverviewMade-Up Asians traces the history of yellowface, the theatrical convention of non-Asian actors putting on makeup and costume to look East Asian. Using specific case studies from European and U.S. theater, race science, and early film, Esther Kim Lee traces the development of yellowface in the U.S. context during the Exclusion Era (1862–1940), when Asians faced legal and cultural exclusion from immigration and citizenship. These caricatured, distorted, and misrepresented versions of Asians took the place of excluded Asians on theatrical stages and cinema screens. The book examines a wide-ranging set of primary sources, including makeup guidebooks, play catalogs, advertisements, biographies, and backstage anecdotes, providing new ways of understanding and categorizing yellowface as theatrical practice and historical subject. Made-Up Asians also shows how lingering effects of Asian exclusionary laws can still be seen in yellowface performances, casting practices, and anti-Asian violence into the 21st century. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Esther Kim LeePublisher: The University of Michigan Press Imprint: The University of Michigan Press Dimensions: Width: 14.90cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 22.60cm Weight: 0.151kg ISBN: 9780472055432ISBN 10: 0472055437 Pages: 282 Publication Date: 30 July 2022 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction – The Persistence of Yellowface Chapter 1 – “A Dumb Chinese Slave”: The Stage Chinaman and Clown Yellowface Chapter 2 - “Chinee by Nature”: Physiognomy and Scientific Yellowface Chapter 3 – “How to Makeup”: Theatrical Makeup Guidebooks and Private Yellowface Chapter 4 - “Dainty as Needs Be”: The White Actress and Cosmetic Yellowface Chapter 5 – “The Oriental Eye”: Special Effects Technology and Prosthetic Yellowface Epilogue – Casting as Gatekeeping Appendix - Yellowface Instructions in Theatrical Makeup Guidebooks during the Exclusion Era Notes Bibliography IndexReviewsWritten for a wide audience from theater aficionados to Asian American performance makers to academics, this timely book illuminates a fascinating archive of make-up conventions derived from instructional manuals and specific case studies from both the stage and the cinema. --Sean Metzger, University of California, Los Angeles -- Sean Metzger “Written for a wide audience from theater aficionados to Asian American performance makers to academics, this timely book illuminates a fascinating archive of make-up conventions derived from instructional manuals and specific case studies from both the stage and the cinema.” —Sean Metzger, University of California, Los Angeles Author InformationEsther Kim Lee is Professor of Theater Studies at Duke University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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