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10%OFFYolanda Broyles-Gonzalez - El Teatro Campesino. Theater In The Chicano Movement.  - 9780292708013 - V9780292708013
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El Teatro Campesino. Theater In The Chicano Movement.

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Description for El Teatro Campesino. Theater In The Chicano Movement. paperback. Situates the Teatro within working-class Mexican performance history, the Chicano movement and gender relations Num Pages: 304 pages, 31 b&w photos, 8 line drawings. BIC Classification: AN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 794.

Born in 1965 as an organizing tool within César Chávez's United Farm Workers union, El Teatro Campesino became the premier Chicana/o performance ensemble to emerge out of the Chicano movement of the 1960s and 1970s. This study demythologizes and reinterprets the company's history from its origins in California's farm labor struggles to its successes in Europe and on Broadway until the disbanding of the original collective ensemble in 1980 with the subsequent adoption of mainstream production techniques.

Yolanda Broyles-González corrects many misconceptions concerning the Teatro's creation and evolution. She draws from a rich storehouse of previously untapped material, such as interviews ... Read more

Writing within contemporary cultural studies theory, Broyles-González sheds light on class, gender, race, and cultural issues. Her work situates the Teatro within working-class Mexican performance history, the Chicano movement, gender relations, and recent attempts to mainstream.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Austin, TX, United States
ISBN
9780292708013
SKU
V9780292708013
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About Yolanda Broyles-Gonzalez
Yolanda Broyles-González is professor and chair in the department of Chicano studies and professor of German studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Reviews for El Teatro Campesino. Theater In The Chicano Movement.
This welcome addition in critical theory about the Chicana/o theater movement is recommended for those researchers interested in theater practice and performance, women's studies, and cultural studies.
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An excellent work in Chicano historiography and performativity. . . . Broyles-González does not merely intend to de-mythologize the [Luis] Valdez-centered cultural history of the Teatro; more importantly, she begins ... Read more

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