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This paper discusses socially engaged art as a tool to protect the traditional culture of a community. It will discuss whether art can be used as a method to convey and revitalize a unique community culture. As a group of immigrants, the issue of race has undergone subtle change…

The Pulitzer Prize (2011, Zhou Long’s Madame White Snake), a Metropolitan opera commission (Tan Dun’s The First Emperor, premiered 2006), and the Ives Living Award (Chen Yi, 2001) are just some of the high-profile awards and commission bestowed upon Chinese émigré composers who …