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Californios, Anglos, and the performance of oligarchy in the U.S. West : how the first generation of Mexican Americans fashioned a new nation / Andrew Gibb.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gibb, Andrew, 1969- author.
- Series:
- Theater in the Americas
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Power (Social sciences)--California--History--19th century.
- Power (Social sciences).
- Social structure--California--History--19th century.
- Social structure.
- History.
- California--Social life and customs--19th century.
- California.
- Manners and customs.
- California--Civilization--Mexican influences.
- Civilization.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 248 pages ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [2018]
- Summary:
- "This interdisciplinary study, drawing from performance studies, theatre historiography, and New Western History, considers the social organization of Mexican California and identifies how characteristic oligarchic power relations were not only the result of unique historical conditions but were also constituted and perpetuated through performance"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Dramaturgical notes 1
- Curtain raiser
- The angels
- Collaborations
- A question of casting
- Dress rehearsal.
- Notes:
- Subtitle taken from cover.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780809336470
- 0809336472
- OCLC:
- 989049507
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