Chicano Drama - Performance, Society and Myth

An accessible introduction for students and theatregoers of Chicano theatre, first published in 2000.

List of contents

Acknowledgements; List of illustrations; Introduction; 1. Mythos or mitos: the roots of a Chicano mythology; 2. Mystery or miracle: bodiless heads and conversations with the dead; 3. Redemption: looking for miracles in a Man's church; 4. Rebelling against damnation: out of the closet, slowly; Afterword; Bibliography; Index.

Summary

In this book, first published in 2000, Huerta explores the energy of Chicano theatre. He takes as his starting point 1979, and through informative biographies of each playwright and analyses of their plays, offers an accessible introduction to this important aspect of American theatre and culture.

Product details

• Authors: Jorge Huerta, Jorge A. Huerta
• Assisted by: Don B. Wilmeth (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.12.2010
• EAN: 9780521771191
• ISBN: 978-0-521-77119-1
• No. of pages: 222
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 235 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 518 g
• Series: Cambridge Studies in American
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies