Contemporary Latina/o theater : wrighting ethnicity / Jon D. Rossini.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rossini, Jon D., 1971-

Series:

Theater in the Americas.

Theater in the Americas series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American drama--Hispanic American authors--History and criticism.

American drama.

American drama--20th century--History and criticism.

Hispanic Americans in literature.

Ethnicity in literature.

Hispanic Americans--Ethnic identity.

Hispanic Americans.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (271 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In Contemporary Latina/o Theater, Jon D. Rossini explores the complex relationship between theater and the creation of ethnicity in an unprecedented examination of six Latina/o playwrights and their works: Miguel Piñero, Luis Valdez, Guillermo Reyes, Octavio Solis, José Rivera, and Cherríe Moraga. Rossini exposes how these writers use the genre as a tool to reveal and transform existing preconceptions about their culture. Through "wrighting"-the triplicate process of writing plays, righting misconceptions about ethnic identity, and creating an entirely new way of understanding

Contents:

Introduction: Writing, righting, and wrighting ethnicity

Miguel Piñero's theatricality : fear, respect, and community

El Pachuco : myth, theatricality, and ambivalent community

Bandidos to badges : criminality and the genre of ethnicity

Wrighting the borders in the 1990's

Jose Rivera's aesthetics of wrighting

Cherríe Moraga and the wrighting of community.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-241) and index.

ISBN:

1-299-45462-3

0-8093-8702-6

1-4356-6357-8

OCLC:

856870167