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Contemporary Latina/o theater [[electronic resource] ] : wrighting ethnicity / / Jon D. Rossini



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Autore: Rossini Jon D. <1971-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Contemporary Latina/o theater [[electronic resource] ] : wrighting ethnicity / / Jon D. Rossini Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Carbondale, : Southern Illinois University Press, c2008
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (271 p.)
Disciplina: 812/.609928708968
Soggetto topico: American drama - Hispanic American authors - History and criticism
American drama - 20th century - History and criticism
Hispanic Americans in literature
Ethnicity in literature
Hispanic Americans - Ethnic identity
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-241) and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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.
Sommario/riassunto: 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 understanding
Titolo autorizzato: Contemporary Latina  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-299-45462-3
0-8093-8702-6
1-4356-6357-8
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910453998503321
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Serie: Theater in the Americas.