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Latina Performance: Traversing the Stage
Alicia Arrizon
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Description for Latina Performance: Traversing the Stage
Paperback. Examines the Latina subject whose work as dramatist, actress, theorist, and/or critic further defines the field of theater and performance in the United States. This book considers the emergence of a Latina aesthetics developed in the United States, but simultaneously linked with Latin America. Series: Unnatural Acts: Theorizing the Performative. Num Pages: 248 pages, 16 b&w photos, 1 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLS; AN; JFC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
"Latina Performance is a densely theorized treatment of rich materials." —MultiCultural Review
"Arrizón's important book revolves around the complex issues of identity formation and power relations for US women performers of Latin American descent." —Choice
Latina Performance examines the Latina subject whose work as dramatist, actress, theorist, and/or critic further defines the field of theater and performance in the United States. Alicia Arrizón looks at the cultural politics that flows from the intersection of gender, ethnicity, race, class, and sexuality.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Series
Unnatural Acts: Theorizing the Performative
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
Bloomington, IN, United States
ISBN
9780253212856
SKU
V9780253212856
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About Alicia Arrizon
Alicia Arrizón is an Assistant Professor at University of California, Riverside. Her writings on theater and performance have been published in The Drama Review: The Journal of Performance Studies, Ollantay: Theater Magazine, and Mester: Literary Journal.
Reviews for Latina Performance: Traversing the Stage
Arrizón's (Arrizon's) important book revolves around the complex issues of identity formation and power relations for US women performers of Latin American descent. Latinas use writing and performance to address gender and sexuality within an ever—changing framework of their lives and history, redefining Latina identity and subjectivity. The Chicana/o theatrical tradition since the 1960s owes a debt to the popular ... Read more