Professor Ken Ueno has co-edited a book to platform East Asian Voices of Resistance Against Racism in Music with thoughtful and brave contributions by: Kunio Hara, Grace Wang, Daniel York Loh, Risa Kaneko, Frederick Lau, Sharon Yang, Sarah Miyamoto, Beata M. Kowalczyk, and Hedy Law.
The negative racialization of East Asian musicians in Western classical music manifests through tropes of othering such as “Yellow Peril,” Orientalism, and various harmful stereotypes. This volume centers East Asian voices – in collaboration with allies – as narrators of their own racialized experiences in music.
Featuring eleven contributions, in a mixture of tone that is academic and personal or reflective – thus deliberately disrupting conventional linguistic norms – the volume brings together voices in a creative act of resistance against racism in music, and in solidarity with activism that targets inequalities in the arts more broadly. The volume is, to the knowledge of the contributors, the first of its kind. Intended for musicians and artists, academics and students, it will dynamize topical conversations circling around issues of equality, diversity and inclusion so as to contribute towards positive change.
To learn more about the title, visit the publisher's website.