Introduction Ⅰ.The History of Asian American Theatre Ⅱ. The Studies of Asian American Plays Ⅲ.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" Ⅱ. 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 Ⅲ. 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 Searchíng for Identity Ⅰ. 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 Ⅱ. 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 Ⅲ. 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 Ⅱ . 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