Yellow Power, Yellow Soul: The Radical Art of Fred Ho (Asian American Experience) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0252078993 ISBN 13: 9780252078996

Publisher: University of Illinois Press, 2013

Synopsis

This dynamic collection explores the life, work, and persona of saxophonist Fred Ho, an unabashedly revolutionary artist whose illuminating and daring work redefines the relationship between art and politics. Scholars, artists, and friends give their unique takes on Ho's career, articulating his artistic contributions, their joint projects, and personal stories. Exploring his musical and theatrical work, his political theory and activism, and his personal life as it relates to politics, Yellow Power, Yellow Soul offers an intimate appreciation of Fred Ho's irrepressible and truly original creative spirit.

 

Contributors are Roger N. Buckley, Peggy Myo-Young Choy, Jayne Cortez, Kevin Fellezs, Diane C. Fujino, Magdalena Gómez, Richard Hamasaki, Esther Iverem, Robert Kocik, Genny Lim, Ruth Margraff, Bill V. Mullen, Tamara Roberts, Arthur J. Sabatini, Kalamu ya Salaam, Miyoshi Smith, Arthur Song, and Salim Washington.

About this title

About the Author

Roger N. Buckley is a professor of history and the founding director of the Asian American Studies Institute at the University of Connecticut. Tamara Roberts is an assistant professor of ethnomusicology and performance studies at the University of California, Berkeley.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0252078993
• ISBN 13: 9780252078996
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 288
• Editor: Buckley Roger N., Roberts Tamara