03336nam 2200697 a 450 991045543960332120200520144314.01-282-49420-197866124942080-7391-3358-6(CKB)1000000000787444(EBL)466672(OCoLC)436233071(SSID)ssj0000219769(PQKBManifestationID)12085055(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000219769(PQKBWorkID)10249057(PQKB)11514443(MiAaPQ)EBC466672(Au-PeEL)EBL466672(CaPaEBR)ebr10353405(CaONFJC)MIL249420(EXLCZ)99100000000078744420090313d2009 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrPerformance and activism[electronic resource] grassroots discourse after the Los Angeles Rebellion of 1992 /Kamran AfaryLanham Lexington Booksc20091 online resource (262 p.)Raya Dunayevskaya Series in Marxism and HumanismDescription based upon print version of record.0-7391-3357-8 0-7391-3356-X Includes bibliographical references and index.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; IndexThis 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.Raya Dunayevskaya Series in Marxism and HumanismPolitical activistsCaliforniaLos AngelesRiotsCaliforniaLos AngelesAfrican AmericansCaliforniaLos AngelesPolitics and governmentPerformancePolitical aspectsCaliforniaLos AngelesMass mediaPolitical aspectsCaliforniaLos AngelesLos Angeles (Calif.)Race relationsElectronic books.Political activistsRiotsAfrican AmericansPolitics and government.PerformancePolitical aspectsMass mediaPolitical aspects979.4/94053Afary Kamran1957-889604MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910455439603321Performance and activism1987196UNINA