Asian Americans: Culture & the Arts

Asian Americans: Culture & the Arts

Art & Architecture	Literature	Cinema
Theater & the Peforming Arts		Popular Culture

Art & Architecture
Asia Pacific Arts Online Magazine	UCLA Asia Institute's bi-weekly publication delivering "coverage of the dynamic worlds of Asian and Asian American arts and entertainment," including "film, television, music, literature, art, exhibitions, and festivals"
Hsi Lai Temple	Home page of the largest Buddhist temple in the Western hemisphere, located in Hacienda Heights, California
Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum	Life & work of noted Japanese American sculptor, with extensive information on research & resources
made in usa: Angel Island Shhh	Artist Flo Oy Wong’s "rice-sack flag installation that explores the identity secrets of Chinese immigrants detained and interrogated in the United States"
Preliminary Guide to Resources on Asian American Artists at the Archives of American Art	Oral history interviews, papers, photographs, & other primary documents
Seiwa-en	Virtual tour of the largest Japanese garden in North America

Literature
Anniina's Amy Tan Page	Biography, interviews, essays, books & reviews, bibliography
Asian American Literature	An annotated directory of links developed for a course on Asian American literature by Glynis Carr of Bucknell University
Asian American Literature & the Importance of Social Context	Elaine H. Kim's 1985 essay examining Asian American literature "As both social document & a mirror of memory, myth, dreams, & desire"
Asian American Writers' Workshop	"a not-for-profit literary arts organization dedicated to the development, creation, & dissemination of Asian Asian American Literature"
Bibliography of Asian and Pacific Islander American Literature	Extensive bibliography created by the Wing Luke Asian Museum, "arranged according to ethnicity, age or grade"
The Celebrity Lecture Series: Amy Tan	Interview conducted at Michigan State University on March 11 , 1997 (RealAudio format)
An Interview with Ha Jin	Conversation with the National Award-winning author of Waiting & other literary works
Interview with Julie Otsuka, Author of When the Emperor was Divine	An AsiaSource interview "with Otsuka about the writing of her novel, her own family's internment, and the relevance of this experience for today's world" (Dec. 3, 2003)
Voices From the Gaps	University of Minnesota Web site "focusing on the lives & works of women writers of color," including Asian American writers Maxine Hong Kingston, Amy Tan, Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, & Le Ly Hayslip
When the Elephants Dance: An Interview with Tess Uriza Holthe	Interview with a Filipina-American writer from San Francisco

Cinema
Asian American Movies & Film	About.com's "list of famous and influential Asian-American movies, including film festivals"
Asian American Film	"The latest scoop on Asian American films & filmmakers": reviews; news; events calendar; film database, etc.
Asian American International Film Festival 2001	An Asia Society special report (July 18, 2001): feature -- the work of Wayne Wang; film makes; films & film reviews; general links
Asian American International Film Festival 2000	An AsiaTODAY special report (July 19, 2000): focus on Running Out of Time; articles; filmmakers; interviews; films & film reviews; general links
Asian CineVision	"a nonprofit media arts organization dedicated to promoting and preserving Asian and Asian American media expression": sponsorship of annual Asian American Film Festival, mediamakers' resources, etc.
Catfish in Black Sauce: An Interview with Chi Muoi Lo	Conversation with the writer, director, producer & star of Catfish in Black Bean Sauce, an acclaimed film dealing "with issues of assimilation, adoption, & cross-cultural relationships"
Chinese Box - Camera Box	Yiman Wang's review of Wayne Wang's 1997 film in Intersections (Issue 3, Jan. 2000)
In Search of Asian American Cinema	Essay in Cineaste by Peter Feng
An Interview with Deann Borshay Liem, Director of First Person Plural	Conversation with the Korean-born director of a film that raises "important issues about adoption ..., being "American," & what it means to be a family"
An Interview with Joan Chen	Conversation with the director of Xiu-Xiu (The Sent-Down Girl) & film actress
Interview with Loni Ding, Director of Ancestors in the Americas	Conversation with Loni Ding "about her experiences as a filmmaker & the importance of Asian American history"
Tribute to Anna May Wong Part 1: Anna May Wong Did It Right Part 2: Anna May Win	"Richard Corliss on the pioneer Chinese-American star" (Time, Jan. 29, 2005; Feb. 3, 2005)
Vanishing Son	Amy Kashiwabara's study on "The Appearance, Disappearance, & Assimilation of the Asian-American Man in American Mainstream Media" -- with QuickTime clips
Western Visions: Fu Manchu & the Yellow Peril	Peter Nepstad's analysis of the Fu Manchu films as representations of China in Western cinema

Theater & the Performing Arts
Asian American Theater Company (AATC)	San Francisco-based company "dedicated to the development & presentation of works by, for & about Americans of Asian & Pacific Islander descent"
Asian American Theatre Revue	News, calendar of performances, directory of theater groups & artists, reviews, bibliography of Asian American drama
Asians & Amazons by Abalos	From the New York Theatre Wire: "inside news about Asians & women on stage"
Creating Wenji: An Interview with Bun-Ching Lam & Rinde Eckert	Conversation with the composer & director of Wenji: Eighteen Songs of a Nomad Flute, an opera based on the true "story of a scholar's daughter who becomes a prize of war & is torn between two worlds during the Han Dynasty"
East West Players	"the nation's first & foremost Asian Pacific American Theatre ... founded in 1965"
The Floating Box: An Interview with Jason Kao Hwang, Jean Randich & Catherine Filloux	Conversation with the composer, librettist & director of an opera "Inspired by oral histories taken in New York's Chinatown"
Interview with Margaret Cho	Conversation with the Korean American comedian "about body image, sexism, & Asian Americans in the media"
An Interview with Naomi Iizuka, playwright of 36 Views	AsiaSource interview with author of a play exploring "the subject of authenticity in the context of the Asian art world"
Kearny Street Workshop	An organization with a mission "to promote, preserve & present art that enriches & empowers Asian American communities"

Popular Culture
Aiyiya!	"your Asian pop entertainment website; for the fans, by the fans, & of the fans"
Angry Little Asian Girl & Friends	"a bittersweet weekly comic strip about young girls growing up in an imperfect world"
Asian / Asian American Music Reviews	Coverage of "contemporary music by Asian Americans (and Asian Canadians)... also contemporary music influenced by Asia": reviews; interviews; calendar; bibliography; pictures; links
Asian American Action Figure Home Page	A personal collection of Asian and Asian American Action Figures and Toys
The Asian Pacific American Toy Chest	A personal collection of toys that with some connection to Asia or the Pacific Islands, grouped by category
Flour, Eggs, Sugar, Fortune: Inside the Factory Behind All These Happy Messages	Gabriella Gershenson on the history of fortune cookies (New York Press, Oct.-Nov. 2004)
Giant Robot	Trend-setting magazine covering "cool aspects of Asian and Asian-American pop culture"
A Short History of the Chinese Restaurant - From Stir-Fried buffalo to Matzoh Foo Young	Gish Jen on "Have You Eaten Yet?," the Chinese restaurants exhibit at New York's Museum of Chinese in the Americas (Slate, Apr. 27, 2005)

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