- Drama, Fiction, Philippine drama, Reading Level-Grade 3
Jessica Hagedorn has transformed her bestselling novel about the Philippines during the reign of Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos into an equally powerful theatrical piece that is a multi-layered tour de force. As Harold Bloom writes, "Hagedorn expresses the conflicts experienced by Asian immigrants caught between cultures . . . she takes aim at racism in the U.S. and develops in her dramas the themes of displacement and the search for belonging."--From publisher's description.
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- earnestironic
- cooloverwhelming
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- First published
- 1990
- Pages
- 251
- Publisher
- Penguin Books, Pantheon Books, Theatre Communications Group
- Editions
- 3
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780394574981
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