Performance and Activism - Grassroots Discourse After the Los Angeles Rebellion of 1992

Informationen zum Autor Kamran Afary teaches communication studies at California State University Los Angeles. Klappentext This book is a study of grassroots performances and activism in the aftermath of the 1992 Los Angeles riots! documenting efforts toward establishing truce between warring street gangs! networks of support by mothers of incarcerated youth! and the theatrical production of Anna Deavere Smith's Twighlight: Los Angeles 1992. It situates these developments in the inter-disciplinary context of performance studies rooted in the history and political economy of Los Angeles. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Chapter One. Introduction and Roadmap to the Work Chapter 2 Chapter Two. A Historical Political Economy of Los Angeles Chapter 3 Chapter Three. Performing Peace: Gang Truce in Watts and Beyond Chapter 4 Chapter Four. The Gang Truce Movement as a Space for Dialogue and Activism Chapter 5 Chapter Five. Performing Motherhood: Creating Uprising Textualities and Reclaiming their Children Chapter 6 Chapter Six. Performing Twilight Los Angeles: Walking in the Words of a Sad and Beautiful Poem Chapter 7 Chapter Seven. Conclusion: Remembrance and Reinterpretation

Product details

• Authors: Kamran Afary
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.07.2009
• EAN: 9780739133569
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-3356-9
• No. of pages: 249
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 235 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Raya Dunayevskaya Series in Ma
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society, PERFORMING ARTS / Storytelling, Theatre Studies, Social discrimination & inequality, Other performing arts, Violence in society, Social discrimination & equal treatment, History of the Americas, Social classes, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Urban communities, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination