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Performance and activism : grassroots discourse after the Los Angeles Rebellion of 1992 / Kamran Afary.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Afary, Kamran, 1957-
- Series:
- Raya Dunayevskaya Series in Marxism and Humanism
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Political activists--California--Los Angeles.
- Political activists.
- Riots--California--Los Angeles.
- Riots.
- African Americans--California--Los Angeles--Politics and government.
- African Americans.
- Performance--Political aspects--California--Los Angeles.
- Performance.
- Mass media--Political aspects--California--Los Angeles.
- Mass media.
- Los Angeles (Calif.)--Race relations.
- Los Angeles (Calif.).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (262 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham : Lexington Books, c2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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 Twilight: 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.
- Contents:
- Performance and Activism; Contents; Figures; Tables; Preface and Acknowledgements; CHAPTER 1: Introduction; CHAPTER 2: Toward a Historical Political Economy of Los Angeles; CHAPTER 3: Performing Peace: Gang Truce in Watts and Beyond; CHAPTER 4: The Gang Truce Movement as a Space for Dialogue and Activism; CHAPTER 5: Performing Motherhood: Reclaiming Their Children, Creating Uprising Textualities; CHAPTER 6: Performing Twilight Los Angeles: Walking in the Words of a Sad and Beautiful Poem; CHAPTER 7: Conclusion: Remembrance and Reinterpretation; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-49420-1
- 9786612494208
- 0-7391-3358-6
- OCLC:
- 436233071
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