Introduction ��.The History of Asian American Theatre ��. The Studies of Asian American Plays ��.Theoretical Discussion of Idealization,Misrepresentationand Mystification Chapter One Idealization: The Inducement to Stereotypes I. The "ldealization" under Double Pressures in The Year of the Dragon i. The "Idealization" under Racial Discrimination ii. The ��Idealization" under Patriarchy iii. Fred's Resistance to the Imposed ��Idealization" ��. The Positive Idealization in Velina Hasu Houston's Teai. The Mimicry of Being American-The Positive Idealization ii. Sacrifice for the Idealization iii. The Critical Mimicry-Tearing Up the Fake Idealization ��. The Negative Idealization in Wakako Yamauchi's And the Soul Shall Dance i. Hana's Active Silence ii. Emiko's Passive Silence iii.Breaking the Silence Chapter Two Misrepresentation: The Obstacle of Search��ng for Identity ��. Creating a New ldentity through Misrepresentationin The Chickencoop Chinaman i. Father's Misrepresentationi ii. Ovaltine's Barefaced Lie iii. Tam's Searching for Cultural Identity ��. The Circle of Misrepresentation in Yankee Dawg You Die i. The Misrepresentation of Vincent's Performing Self ii. Legitimating the Misrepresentation iii. The Awakening in Misrepresentation ��. Searching for Cultural Identity under Misrepresentationin Dogeaters i. "Dogeaters": The Misrepresentation to Distort Filipino Identity ii. Misrepresenting Filipino Identity through "Manhood" iii. Searching for a New Cultural Identity Chapter Three Mystification: The Disguise of Racism I . The Artifice of Western Racism in China Doll i. Mystification: The Strategy of Racism ii. Searching for White Masks iii. Disclosing the Secret of Mystification �� . The Manipulation of Mystification in M. Butterfly i. Song's Marked Body ii. Clothes; The Protection to Mystification iii. Gallimard's Insistence on His Fantasy Conclusion Works Cited Acknowledgements