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; Index
Summary
Much has been written about the Los Angeles riots of 1992, which brought out deep racial tensions throughout the city, exposed by media images of police brutality. This book sheds light on another facet of the events, the birth of a dynamic grassroots activist and community organizing movement that has been little noticed by academics or even by the press. It also focuses on the theatrical production of Twilight: Los Angeles 1992, a performance created by Anna Deavere Smith. Performance and Activism analyzes a rich, eclectic, and ongoing ensemble of local activist struggles in the context of
