Angela K. Ahlgren is an assistant professor in the Department of Theatre and Film at Bowling Green State University, where she teaches Theater History and Performance Studies and advises a collegiate taiko group. She is affiliated with Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and American Culture Studies at BGSU.

Scholars with interests in Asian American studies, ethnomusicology, dance, theater and performance, social sciences, and gender and identity studies might strongly consider reading this book...

• PrefaceAcknowledgments1. Introduction: Drumming Asian America, Performing Cultural Politics2. A New Taiko Folk Dance: San Jose Taiko and Asian American Movements3. Taiko Scenarios: Performing Asian America in the Land of 10,000 Lakes4. Practicing Ambivalence: White and Black Women in Asian American Performance5. Butch Bodies, Big Drums: Queering North American Taiko6. Conclusion: "This Occasion Needs Context"Appendix A: List of Interviews by the AuthorAppendix B: List of Life History Interview Transcripts ConsultedNotesSelected BibliographyIndex

Angela K. Ahlgren is an assistant professor in the Department of Theatre and Film at Bowling Green State University, where she teaches Theater History and Performance Studies and advises a collegiate taiko group. She is affiliated with Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and American Culture Studies at BGSU.

Scholars with interests in Asian American studies, ethnomusicology, dance, theater and performance, social sciences, and gender and identity studies might strongly consider reading this book...

• PrefaceAcknowledgments1. Introduction: Drumming Asian America, Performing Cultural Politics2. A New Taiko Folk Dance: San Jose Taiko and Asian American Movements3. Taiko Scenarios: Performing Asian America in the Land of 10,000 Lakes4. Practicing Ambivalence: White and Black Women in Asian American Performance5. Butch Bodies, Big Drums: Queering North American Taiko6. Conclusion: "This Occasion Needs Context"Appendix A: List of Interviews by the AuthorAppendix B: List of Life History Interview Transcripts ConsultedNotesSelected BibliographyIndex

Angela K. Ahlgren is an assistant professor in the Department of Theatre and Film at Bowling Green State University, where she teaches Theater History and Performance Studies and advises a collegiate taiko group. She is affiliated with Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and American Culture Studies at BGSU.

Scholars with interests in Asian American studies, ethnomusicology, dance, theater and performance, social sciences, and gender and identity studies might strongly consider reading this book...

• PrefaceAcknowledgments1. Introduction: Drumming Asian America, Performing Cultural Politics2. A New Taiko Folk Dance: San Jose Taiko and Asian American Movements3. Taiko Scenarios: Performing Asian America in the Land of 10,000 Lakes4. Practicing Ambivalence: White and Black Women in Asian American Performance5. Butch Bodies, Big Drums: Queering North American Taiko6. Conclusion: "This Occasion Needs Context"Appendix A: List of Interviews by the AuthorAppendix B: List of Life History Interview Transcripts ConsultedNotesSelected BibliographyIndex