Aesthetics, Media, and Incarceration: Why Philip Kan Gotanda’s Theater Matters Now

Abstract This interview with Philip Kan Gotanda focuses on his works that address the legacies of the American concentration camps for people of Japanese descent during World War II in the context of Gotanda’s larger oeuvre and biography. It reveals the importance of this oeuvre at the beginning of President Trump’s second term.

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Theatre and Performance Notes and Counternotes
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2025-12-01
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https://doi.org/10.5325/tpnc.2.2.0159
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Asian American and Pacific Histories
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Aesthetics, Media, and Incarceration: Why Philip Kan Gotanda’s Theater Matters Now

Sean Metzger
Theatre and Performance Notes and Counternotes
Asian American and Pacific Histories
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Aesthetics, Media, and Incarceration: Why Philip Kan Gotanda’s Theater Matters Now

Sean Metzger
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Abstract This interview with Philip Kan Gotanda focuses on his works that address the legacies of the American concentration camps for people of Japanese descent during World War II in the context of Gotanda’s larger oeuvre and biography. It reveals the importance of this oeuvre at the beginning of President Trump’s second term.

Theatre and Performance Notes and CounternotesVol. 2(2)
University of California, Los Angeles (US)
Openalex Percentile: Top 53%
Asian American and Pacific Histories
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