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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450985403321

Autore

Gomez-Pena Guillermo

Titolo

Ethno-techno : writings on performance, activism, and pedagogy / / Guillermo Gomez-Peña ; edited by Elaine Peña

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2005

ISBN

1-134-23110-5

9786610217298

1-134-23111-3

1-280-21729-4

0-203-01276-3

Descrizione fisica

xxvi, 304 p. : ill

Altri autori (Persone)

PenaElaine

Disciplina

700

Soggetti

Performance art - United States - 20th century

Mexican American art

Politics in art

Minorities in art

Art and race

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

part track One INTRODUCTORY ESSAYS AND CHRONICLES -- chapter 1 On the other side of the Mexican mirror -- chapter 2 In defense of performance -- chapter 3 Culturas-in-extremis: Performing against the cultural backdrop of the mainstream bizarre -- chapter 4 An open letter to the national arts community -- part track two PEDAGOGY: A useful guide to the Pocha method -- chapter 5 Crosscontamination: The performance activism and oppositional art of La Pocha Nostra / Guillermo Gómez-Peña, with Rachel Rogers, Kari Hensley, Elaine Peña, Roberto Sifuentes, and Michelle Ceballos -- chapter 6 La Pocha Nostra’s basic methodology -- part track three PERFORMANCE RADIO -- chapter 7 Letter to an unknown thief -- chapter 8 HSAC-TV: The Home-Shopping Art Channel -- chapter 9 The imaginary effects of a Trans-American Free-Trade Zone -- chapter 10 A sad postcard from



San Francisco, Chilicon Valley -- chapter 11 Postcards from Alaska: A chilling tale of performance artists in the snow / Guillermo Gómez-Peña -- chapter 12 Touring in times of war -- chapter 13 On dual citizenship -- chapter 14 My evil twin -- chapter 15 Saddam in Hollywood -- chapter 16 Frida lite or Fat-free dah -- part track four PERFORMANCE LITERATURE: For the stage and cyberspace -- chapter 17 Brownout 2 175 / Introduction: Elaine Katzenberger -- chapter 18 Twenty-first-century Chicano newscast -- chapter 19 America’s most wanted inner demon -- chapter 20 A declaration of poetic disobedience from the new border -- chapter 21 Helpful performance tips on how to avoid xenophobia and express solidarity with innocent Arab-Americans after 9/11 / Guillermo Gómez-Peña -- chapter 22 The post-9/11 “rights and privileges” of a US citizen -- part track five Conversations with theorists -- chapter 23 Theatricalizations of postcolonial theory: A Colombian philosopher interviews a Chicano performance artist / Eduardo Mendieta -- chapter 24 The minefields of Utopia: A dialogue on the dangers of artistic collaboration / Lisa Wolford -- chapter 25 The minefields of Dystopia: The pervasive effects of 9/11 / Lisa Wolford -- chapter 26 Loose ends: The fluid borders between author and editor  / Elaine Peña.