THTR 3381 Asian American Theatre
This course surveys the history, politics, and aesthetics of Asian American theatre. Case studies include nationally and regionally produced plays and musicals from the 1900s to the present day. This course aims to engage with the following questions: What are the various ways Asian American theatre represents, negotiates, and contests Asian America? Who makes Asian American theatre? Why, and for whom? How does Asian American theatre grapple with culture, identity, family, history, politics, aesthetics, and ways of being/belonging?
Course overview
- Department
- Theatre
- School
- MCAS
- Credits
- 3
- Level
- Undergraduate
- Offered
- Every Spring
Requirements fulfilled
- Theatre: Theatre elective, THTR2000 and above (one course; three 1-credit mini-courses may be bundled) (Current University Catalog; students should confirm their catalog year)
- Theatre: Upper-level Dramatic Literature, Criticism, and Theater History courses (four courses, numbered THTR3370–THTR3389 or THTR4470–THTR4489) (Current University Catalog; students should confirm their catalog year)