The Yellow Face

Author : Sheldon Goldfarb
Publisher : Andrews UK Limited
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2020-04-02
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781787054820

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Sherlockian Musings by Sheldon Goldfarb Pdf

Is Sherlock Holmes really as rational as he seems? He talks about the importance of reasoning and logic, but why then does he sometimes seem like a "strange Buddha"? On the other hand, why in The Sign of the Four does Watson smash a Buddha? What is going on in The Sign of the Four, that strange tale of Empire? What is going on in all the original sixty stories in "the canon"? In this study of the stories, Sheldon Goldfarb explores questions like these, from the significance of the eggs in "Thor Bridge" to the reason Watson keeps leaving Holmes for an insubstantial wife. What meanings lurk beneath the surface of these detective stories? Why is there an obsession with Napoleon in this story or an article on free trade in this other? Can we find answers to these questions? Perhaps. In any case, in this collection of essays (or "Musings") on each of the 60 stories, Dr. Goldfarb, an award-nominated mystery writer himself and the holder of a PhD in English literature, light-heartedly tries out a variety of perspectives, allowing readers to come to their own conclusions about such matters as the nature of the angel in "A Case of Identity" or the reason Holmes abandons his magnifying glass for binoculars in "Silver Blaze." Who brings binoculars to a horse race? Indeed.

Author : David Henry Hwang
Publisher : Theatre Communications Group
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2009-11-01
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781559366717

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Yellow Face (TCG Edition) by David Henry Hwang Pdf

“A thesis of a play, unafraid of complexities and contradictions, pepped up with a light dramatic fizz. It asks whether race is skin-deep, actable or even fakeable, and it does so with huge wit and brio.” -TimeOut London “A pungent play of ideas with a big heart. Yellow Face brings to the national discussion about race a sense of humor a mile wide, an even-handed treatment and a hopeful, healing vision of a world that could be” –Variety “It’s about our country, about public image, about face,” says David Henry Hwang about his latest work, a mock documentary that puts Hwang himself center stage. An exploration of Asian identity and the ever-changing definition of what it is to be an American, Yellow Face “is by turns acidly funny, insightful and provocative” (Washington Post). The play begins with the 1990s controversy over color-blind casting for Miss Saigon before it spins into a comic fantasy, in which the character DHH pens a play in protest and then unwittingly casts a white actor as the Asian lead. Yellow Face also explores the real-life investigation of Hwang’s father, the first Asian American to own a federally chartered bank, and the espionage charges against physicist Wen Ho Lee. Adroitly combining the light touch of comedy with weighty political and emotional issues, Hwang creates a "lively and provocative cultural self-portrait [that] lets nobody off the hook” (The New York Times). David Henry Hwang is the author of the Tony Award-winning M. Butterfly, Yellow Face (OBIE Award, 2008 Pulitzer Prize finalist), Golden Child (1997 OBIE Award), FOB (1981 OBIE Award), Family Devotions (Drama Desk nomination), and the books for musicals Aida ( co-author), Flower Drum Song (2002 Broadway revival), and Tarzan, among other works. David Henry Hwang graduated from Stanford University, attended the Yale School of Drama, and holds honorary degrees from Columbia College in Chicago and The American Conservatory Theatre. He lives in New York City with his wife, actress Kathryn Layng, and their children, Noah David and Eva Veanne.

Author : Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Publisher : First Avenue Editions ™
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2014-08-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781467775274

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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Pdf

No mystery is too challenging for the infamous detective Sherlock Holmes and his partner, Dr. Watson. Holmes is at his best when the job seems impossible—or just plain absurd. From cases involving a strange group for red-headed men to a missing thumb, Holmes uses his powers of observation and deduction to solve even the weirdest mysteries. Scottish author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle published his first twelve original Sherlock Holmes short stories as serials in the UK's Strand Magazine from 1891-1892. This unabridged collection of the stories is taken from the book form, originally published in 1892.

Author : Arthur Conan Doyle
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 54 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2024-05-21
Category : Miniature books
ISBN : 1404377115

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Yellow Face (Penguin Classics) by Arthur Conan Doyle Pdf

Author : Phil Chan
Publisher : R. R. Bowker
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2020-06-30
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1734732482

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Final Bow for Yellowface: Dancing Between Intention and Impact by Phil Chan Pdf

Who would have guessed that one short conversation with New York City Ballet Artistic Director Peter Martins would change the course of how we approach America's favorite holiday ballet, and serve as a catalyst for changing how we talk about race in America? Phil Chan, arts advocate and co-founder of Final Bow for Yellowface, chronicles his journey navigating conversations around race, representation, and inclusion arising from issues in presenting one short dance-the Chinese variation from The Nutcracker. Armed with new vocabulary, he recounts his process and pitfalls in advising Salt Lake City's Ballet West on the presentation of a lost Balanchine work from 1925, Le Chant du Rossignol.Chan encounters orientalism, cultural appropriation, and yellowface, and witnesses firsthand the continuing evolution of an Old World aristocratic dance form in a New World democratic environment. As a storyteller, Chan presents a mix of dance and Chinese American history, personal anecdotes, and best practices for any professional arts organization to use for navigating issues around race, while outlining an essential path American ballet must take in order for our beloved art form to stay alive for a growingly diverse 21st century audience.

Author : Arthur Conan Doyle
Publisher : Modernista
Page : 25 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2024-01-23
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789180945660

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The Adventure of the Yellow Face by Arthur Conan Doyle Pdf

»The Adventure of the Yellow Face« is a short story by Arthur Conan Doyle, about the brilliant Victorian detective Sherlock Holmes. It was first published in 1893. SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE [1859-1930], was a Scottish physician and author, best known for his stories about the groundbreaking master detective Sherlock Holmes. Doyle wrote a total of 56 short stories and four novels about Sherlock Holmes and his constant companion Dr. Watson.

Author : Krystyn R. Moon
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Art
ISBN : 0813535077

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Yellowface by Krystyn R. Moon Pdf

Imagining China: early nineteenth-century writings and musical productions -- Towards exclusion: American popular songs on Chinese immigration, 1850-1882 -- Chinese and Chinese immigrant performers on the American stage, 1830s-1920s -- The sounds of Chinese otherness and American popular music, 1880s-1920s -- From aversion to fascination: new lyrics and voices, 1880s-1920s -- The rise of Chinese and Chinese American vaudevillians, 1900s-1920s

Author : Esther Kim Lee
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2022-07-11
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780472220328

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Made-Up Asians by Esther Kim Lee Pdf

Made-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.

Author : Fred M. White
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2019-12-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:4064066199166

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The Yellow Face by Fred M. White Pdf

Jack Masefield, a young and ambitious lawyer, finds himself entangled in a web of problems and suspicions in this intriguing mystery. As he navigates his complicated love for the beautiful Clair, he becomes increasingly convinced that her guardian, the renowned criminologist Spencer Anstruther, is hiding something. "The Yellow Face" is a gripping murder mystery novel that will keep you on the edge of your seat from the first page to the last.

Author : Sadeqa Johnson
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2021-01-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781982149123

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Yellow Wife by Sadeqa Johnson Pdf

A Best Book of the Year by NPR and Christian Science Monitor Called “wholly engrossing” by New York Times bestselling author Kathleen Grissom, this “fully immersive” (Lisa Wingate, #1 bestselling author of Before We Were Yours) story follows an enslaved woman forced to barter love and freedom while living in the most infamous slave jail in Virginia. Born on a plantation in Charles City, Virginia, Pheby Delores Brown has lived a relatively sheltered life. Shielded by her mother’s position as the estate’s medicine woman and cherished by the Master’s sister, she is set apart from the others on the plantation, belonging to neither world. She’d been promised freedom on her eighteenth birthday, but instead of the idyllic life she imagined with her true love, Essex Henry, Pheby is forced to leave the only home she has ever known. She unexpectedly finds herself thrust into the bowels of slavery at the infamous Devil’s Half Acre, a jail in Richmond, Virginia, where the enslaved are broken, tortured, and sold every day. There, Pheby is exposed not just to her Jailer’s cruelty but also to his contradictions. To survive, Pheby will have to outwit him, and she soon faces the ultimate sacrifice.

Author : Arthur Conan Doyle
Publisher : Leone Editore
Page : 49 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2023-10-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9788892967670

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Il volto giallo/The Adventure of the Yellow Face by Arthur Conan Doyle Pdf

Grant Munro, un giovane commerciante di luppolo, giunge nello studio del dottor Watson per affidargli un’indagine sul conto di sua moglie. La donna gli aveva chiesto cento sterline, per poi iniziare a frequentare la villa dei vicini, apparentemente senza motivo. Recatosi sul posto, l’uomo aveva scoperto che, affacciato alla finestra del piano superiore della villa, c’era un misterioso individuo con il volto giallo. Un caso ingarbugliato che Holmes, grazie alla sua perspicacia, riuscirà a risolvere.

Author : Fred Merrick White
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1907
Category : Electronic
ISBN : HARVARD:HNN5FH

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The Yellow Face by Fred Merrick White Pdf

Author : Yiyun Li
Publisher : Random House
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2014-02-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780812996029

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Kinder Than Solitude by Yiyun Li Pdf

A profound mystery is at the heart of this magnificent new novel by Yiyun Li, “one of America’s best young novelists” (Newsweek) and the celebrated author of The Vagrants, winner of the Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award. Moving back and forth in time, between America today and China in the 1990s, Kinder Than Solitude is the story of three people whose lives are changed by a murder one of them may have committed. As one of the three observes, “Even the most innocent person, when cornered, is capable of a heartless crime.” When Moran, Ruyu, and Boyang were young, they were involved in a mysterious incident in which a friend of theirs was poisoned. Grown up, the three friends are separated by distance and personal estrangement. Moran and Ruyu live in the United States, Boyang in China; all three are haunted by what really happened in their youth, and by doubt about themselves. In California, Ruyu helps a local woman care for her family and home, avoiding entanglements, as she has done all her life. In Wisconsin, Moran visits her ex-husband, whose kindness once overcame her flight into solitude. In Beijing, Boyang struggles to deal with an inability to love, and with the outcome of what happened among the three friends twenty years before. Brilliantly written, a breathtaking page-turner, Kinder Than Solitude resonates with provocative observations about human nature and life. In mesmerizing prose, and with profound insight, Yiyun Li unfolds this remarkable story, even as she explores the impact of personality and the past on the shape of a person’s present and future. Praise for Kinder Than Solitude “This is an exceptional novel, and Yiyun Li has grown into one of our major novelists.”—Salman Rushdie “Yiyun Li infuses the traditional form with a fresh, rigorous beauty and a sense of permanence and increasing value.”—Mona Simpson, author of My Hollywood “[A] sleek, powerful novel about the weight of memory, the brunt of loss and the myriad ways the past can crimp the soul . . . Li gives us gifts of gorgeous prose. . . . Rarely are ordinary humans given such eloquent witness.”—The Washington Post “What makes [Kinder Than Solitude] so vivid is its humanity. . . . It is an inquiry into how the past scars us, shaping present and future, and some deeds, once committed, can never be undone.”—Los Angeles Times “[Li’s] true gift . . . is old-fashioned storytelling [and] a sense that a life, a whole life, can be captured on pages.”—The Boston Globe “A stunning, dark, and beautiful book . . . Yiyun Li writes with characteristic genius.”—Paul Harding, author of Tinkers and Enon

Author : David Henry Hwang
Publisher : Dramatists Play Service Inc
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Actors
ISBN : 0822223015

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Yellow Face by David Henry Hwang Pdf

THE STORY: The lines between truth and fiction blur with hilarious and moving results in David Henry Hwang's unreliable memoir. Asian-American playwright DHH, fresh off his Tony Award win for M. Butterfly , leads a protest against the casting

Author : David Henry Hwang
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1993-10-01
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781101077030

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M. Butterfly by David Henry Hwang Pdf

David Henry Hwang’s beautiful, heartrending play featuring an afterword by the author – winner of a 1988 Tony Award for Best Play and nominated for the 1989 Pulitzer Prize Based on a true story that stunned the world, M. Butterfly opens in the cramped prison cell where diplomat Rene Gallimard is being held captive by the French government—and by his own illusions. In the darkness of his cell he recalls a time when desire seemed to give him wings. A time when Song Liling, the beautiful Chinese diva, touched him with a love as vivid, as seductive—and as elusive—as a butterfly. How could he have known, then, that his ideal woman was, in fact, a spy for the Chinese government—and a man disguised as a woman? In a series of flashbacks, the diplomat relives the twenty-year affair from the temptation to the seduction, from its consummation to the scandal that ultimately consumed them both. But in the end, there remains only one truth: Whether or not Gallimard's passion was a flight of fancy, it sparked the most vigorous emotions of his life. Only in real life could love become so unreal. And only in such a dramatic tour de force do we learn how a fantasy can become a man's mistress—as well as his jailer. M. Butterfly is one of the most compelling, explosive, and slyly humorous dramas ever to light the Broadway stage, a work of unrivaled brilliance, illuminating the conflict between men and women, the differences between East and West, racial stereotypes—and the shadows we cast around our most cherished illusions. M. Butterfly remains one of the most influential romantic plays of contemporary literature, and in 1993 was made into a film by David Cronenberg starring Jeremy Irons and John Lone.