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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778005403321

Autore

Afary Kamran <1957->

Titolo

Performance and activism [[electronic resource] ] : grassroots discourse after the Los Angeles Rebellion of 1992 / / Kamran Afary

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, : Lexington Books, c2009

ISBN

1-282-49420-1

9786612494208

0-7391-3358-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (262 p.)

Collana

Raya Dunayevskaya Series in Marxism and Humanism

Disciplina

979.4/94053

Soggetti

Political activists - California - Los Angeles

Riots - California - Los Angeles

African Americans - California - Los Angeles - Politics and government

Performance - Political aspects - California - Los Angeles

Mass media - Political aspects - California - Los Angeles

Los Angeles (Calif.) Race relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Performance and Activism; Contents; Figures; Tables; Preface and Acknowledgements; CHAPTER 1: Introduction; CHAPTER 2: Toward a Historical Political Economy of Los Angeles; CHAPTER 3: Performing Peace: Gang Truce in Watts and Beyond; CHAPTER 4: The Gang Truce Movement as a Space for Dialogue and Activism; CHAPTER 5: Performing Motherhood: Reclaiming Their Children, Creating Uprising Textualities; CHAPTER 6: Performing Twilight Los Angeles: Walking in the Words of a Sad and Beautiful Poem; CHAPTER 7: Conclusion: Remembrance and Reinterpretation; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book is a study of grassroots performances and activism in the aftermath of the 1992 Los Angeles riots, documenting efforts toward establishing truce between warring street gangs, networks of support by mothers of incarcerated youth, and the theatrical production of Anna Deavere Smith's Twilight: Los Angeles 1992. It situates these developments in the inter-disciplinary context of performance studies rooted in the history and political economy of Los Angeles.