03210nam 2200685Ia 450 991077771040332120230721021411.01-299-45462-30-8093-8702-61-4356-6357-8(CKB)1000000000755209(EBL)1354424(OCoLC)856870167(SSID)ssj0000129716(PQKBManifestationID)11139673(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000129716(PQKBWorkID)10080301(PQKB)10683173(MiAaPQ)EBC1354424(OCoLC)324846966(MdBmJHUP)muse27154(Au-PeEL)EBL1354424(CaPaEBR)ebr10695246(CaONFJC)MIL476712(EXLCZ)99100000000075520920070904d2008 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrContemporary Latina/o theater[electronic resource] wrighting ethnicity /Jon D. RossiniCarbondale Southern Illinois University Pressc20081 online resource (271 p.)Theater in the Americas seriesDescription based upon print version of record.0-8093-2830-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-241) and index.Introduction: Writing, righting, and wrighting ethnicity -- Miguel Piñero's theatricality : fear, respect, and community -- El Pachuco : myth, theatricality, and ambivalent community -- Bandidos to badges : criminality and the genre of ethnicity -- Wrighting the borders in the 1990's -- Jose Rivera's aesthetics of wrighting -- Cherríe Moraga and the wrighting of community.In Contemporary Latina/o Theater, Jon D. Rossini explores the complex relationship between theater and the creation of ethnicity in an unprecedented examination of six Latina/o playwrights and their works: Miguel Piñero, Luis Valdez, Guillermo Reyes, Octavio Solis, José Rivera, and Cherríe Moraga. Rossini exposes how these writers use the genre as a tool to reveal and transform existing preconceptions about their culture. Through "wrighting"-the triplicate process of writing plays, righting misconceptions about ethnic identity, and creating an entirely new way of understandingTheater in the Americas.American dramaHispanic American authorsHistory and criticismAmerican drama20th centuryHistory and criticismHispanic Americans in literatureEthnicity in literatureHispanic AmericansEthnic identityAmerican dramaHispanic American authorsHistory and criticism.American dramaHistory and criticism.Hispanic Americans in literature.Ethnicity in literature.Hispanic AmericansEthnic identity.812/.609928708968Rossini Jon D.1971-1561478MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910777710403321Contemporary Latina3828324UNINA