LEADER 03303nam 2200685 a 450 001 9910778005403321 005 20230721022419.0 010 $a1-282-49420-1 010 $a9786612494208 010 $a0-7391-3358-6 035 $a(CKB)1000000000787444 035 $a(EBL)466672 035 $a(OCoLC)436233071 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000219769 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12085055 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000219769 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10249057 035 $a(PQKB)11514443 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC466672 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL466672 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10353405 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL249420 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000787444 100 $a20090313d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPerformance and activism$b[electronic resource] $egrassroots discourse after the Los Angeles Rebellion of 1992 /$fKamran Afary 210 $aLanham $cLexington Books$dc2009 215 $a1 online resource (262 p.) 225 1 $aRaya Dunayevskaya Series in Marxism and Humanism 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-7391-3357-8 311 $a0-7391-3356-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPerformance 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 330 $aThis book is a study of grassroots performances and activism in the aftermath of the 1992 Los Angeles riots, documenting efforts toward establishing truce between warring street gangs, networks of support by mothers of incarcerated youth, and the theatrical production of Anna Deavere Smith's Twilight: Los Angeles 1992. It situates these developments in the inter-disciplinary context of performance studies rooted in the history and political economy of Los Angeles. 410 0$aRaya Dunayevskaya Series in Marxism and Humanism 606 $aPolitical activists$zCalifornia$zLos Angeles 606 $aRiots$zCalifornia$zLos Angeles 606 $aAfrican Americans$zCalifornia$zLos Angeles$xPolitics and government 606 $aPerformance$xPolitical aspects$zCalifornia$zLos Angeles 606 $aMass media$xPolitical aspects$zCalifornia$zLos Angeles 607 $aLos Angeles (Calif.)$xRace relations 615 0$aPolitical activists 615 0$aRiots 615 0$aAfrican Americans$xPolitics and government. 615 0$aPerformance$xPolitical aspects 615 0$aMass media$xPolitical aspects 676 $a979.4/94053 700 $aAfary$b Kamran$f1957-$01583860 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910778005403321 996 $aPerformance and activism$93867337 997 $aUNINA