LEADER 03210nam 2200685Ia 450 001 9910777710403321 005 20230721021411.0 010 $a1-299-45462-3 010 $a0-8093-8702-6 010 $a1-4356-6357-8 035 $a(CKB)1000000000755209 035 $a(EBL)1354424 035 $a(OCoLC)856870167 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000129716 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11139673 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000129716 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10080301 035 $a(PQKB)10683173 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1354424 035 $a(OCoLC)324846966 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse27154 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1354424 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10695246 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL476712 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000755209 100 $a20070904d2008 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aContemporary Latina/o theater$b[electronic resource] $ewrighting ethnicity /$fJon D. Rossini 210 $aCarbondale $cSouthern Illinois University Press$dc2008 215 $a1 online resource (271 p.) 225 1 $aTheater in the Americas series 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8093-2830-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 231-241) and index. 327 $aIntroduction: Writing, righting, and wrighting ethnicity -- Miguel Pin?ero'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 -- Cherri?e Moraga and the wrighting of community. 330 $aIn Contemporary Latina/o Theater, Jon D. Rossini explores the complex relationship between theater and the creation of ethnicity in an unprecedented examination of six Latina/o playwrights and their works: Miguel Pin?ero, Luis Valdez, Guillermo Reyes, Octavio Solis, Jose? Rivera, and Cherri?e Moraga. Rossini exposes how these writers use the genre as a tool to reveal and transform existing preconceptions about their culture. Through "wrighting"-the triplicate process of writing plays, righting misconceptions about ethnic identity, and creating an entirely new way of understanding 410 0$aTheater in the Americas. 606 $aAmerican drama$xHispanic American authors$xHistory and criticism 606 $aAmerican drama$y20th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aHispanic Americans in literature 606 $aEthnicity in literature 606 $aHispanic Americans$xEthnic identity 615 0$aAmerican drama$xHispanic American authors$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aAmerican drama$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aHispanic Americans in literature. 615 0$aEthnicity in literature. 615 0$aHispanic Americans$xEthnic identity. 676 $a812/.609928708968 700 $aRossini$b Jon D.$f1971-$01561478 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910777710403321 996 $aContemporary Latina$93828324 997 $aUNINA