| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 187 pages) : illustrations |
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Theater--theory/text/performance |
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Theater--theory/text/performance.
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| Contents |
An initiation into the rituals of social protest theater: the cultural politics of El Teatro Campesino and the Black Revolutionary Theater -- Synergy -- the social environment as an active agent: Black Ice and Las Dos Caros del Patroncito -- Generating social changes and cultural affirmation: content and form in the plays of El Teatro and the BRT -- Rehearsing the revolution onstage: the social performance text and the performance space -- Performers and spectators: spiritual communion and subversive celebratin -- The rituals of social protest theater: reconsiderations and conclusions |
| Summary |
The performances of Luis Valdez's El Teatro Campesino, the farmworkers' theater, and Amiri Baraka's Black Revolutionary Theater (BRT) during the '60s and '70s offer preeminent examples of social protest theater during a momentous and tumultuous historical juncture |
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In Taking It to the Streets, Harry Elam compares the performance methodologies, theories, and practices of the two groups, highlighting their cross-cultural commonalities and providing insights into the complex genre of social protest performance and its interchange with its audience. He examines the ways in which ritual can be seen to operate within the productions of El Teatro and the BRT, uniting audience and performers in subversive, celebratory protest by transforming spectators into active participants within the theater walls - and into revolutionary activists outside |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-175) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Valdez, Luis -- Criticism and interpretation
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Baraka, Amiri, 1934-2014 -- Criticism and interpretation
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| SUBJECT |
Baraka, Amiri, 1934-2014 fast |
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Valdez, Luis fast |
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Baraka, Imamu Amiri. swd |
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Valdez, Luis. swd |
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Teatro Campesino (Organization)
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Teatro Campesino (Organization) fast |
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El Teatro Campesino gnd |
| Subject |
Workers' theater -- California
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Mexican American theater -- California
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Mexican American theater
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Workers' theater
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Chicanos
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Protest
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Politiek theater.
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Arbeiderstoneel.
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El Teatro Campesino.
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California
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
96045790 |
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