Staging América: The Subject of History in Chicano/a Theatre

Staging América: The Subject of History in Chicano/a Theatre

Provides a discussion of Chicano theater and considers the reasons for the highly hybridized style of the theater, which draws influences from several different cultures. Analyzes the role of history in Chicano theater and states that "Chicano historical drama is a symbolic (and experiential) e...

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Veröffentlicht in:Theatre journal (Washington, D.C.) D.C.), 1997-05, Vol.49 (2), p.101-120
1. Verfasser: Worthen, W. B.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Chicano theater
Cultural history
Cultural identity
Friel, Brian
Government
Hispanic Theater
Historical text analysis
History
Identity politics
Latin American culture
Melodrama
Moraga, Cherrie
Narrative history
Political identity
Political representation
Politics
Rhetoric
Theater
United States history
Valdez, Luis
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Zusammenfassung:Provides a discussion of Chicano theater and considers the reasons for the highly hybridized style of the theater, which draws influences from several different cultures. Analyzes the role of history in Chicano theater and states that "Chicano historical drama is a symbolic (and experiential) engagement with the particularity of US-Mexico border history." Discusses plays such as Luis Valdez's "The Shrunken Head of Poncho Villa" (1964) and Cherríe Moraga's "Heroes and Saints" (1992).
ISSN:0192-2882
1086-332X
1086-332X
DOI:10.1353/tj.1997.0058