Puto : plays / Ricardo A. Bracho ; edited and with an introduction by Jennifer Ponce de León, Richard T. Rodríguez, and Randall Williams ; with a foreword by Cherríe Moraga ; and an afterword by Juana María Rodríguez.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bracho, Ricardo A., 1969- Author.

Contributor:

Ponce de León, Jennifer, 1982- editor, writer of introduction.

Rodríguez, Richard T., 1971- editor, writer of introduction.

Williams, Randall, 1964- editor, writer of introduction.

Moraga, Cherríe, writer of foreword.

Rodríguez, Juana María, writer of afterword.

Language:

English

Genre:

Drama.

Physical Description:

xvii, 226 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Plays

Place of Publication:

Durham : Duke University Press, 2026.

Summary:

"Puto: Plays offers a comprehensive exploration of Ricardo A. Bracho's groundbreaking contributions to contemporary theatre. Bracho's work, characterized by its dialectical innovations and radical ideological critique, centers on queer, immigrant, and proletarian Black and Brown characters, challenging societal norms through Marxist critiques of Chicano nationalism, intersectionality, and queer theory. His plays, such as The Sweetest Hangover, El Santo Joto, and Puto, function as staged essays, addressing themes of class conflict, racial antagonism, and global capitalism. The collection includes Ni Madre, a science fiction chamber play reimagining the figure of La Malinche, and Mexican Psychotic, which dramatizes the life of outsider artist Martín Ramírez. Appetites I Have Inherited critiques Hollywood's racial and sexual stereotypes, while Sissy redefines Chicano family narratives through a queer, coming-of-age tale set in a Marxist-Leninist home in Los Angeles. Puto envisions a dystopian Los Angeles grappling with militarized borders and class warfare, and A Black and a Brown captures the intimacy and solidarity of queer love during the Black Lives Matter protests. Puto: Plays makes Bracho's key works available to a broader public for the first time, with a foreword by Bracho's teacher and iconic Chicana poet Cherríe Moraga, a critical introduction by Jennifer Ponce de León, Richard T. Rodríguez, and Randall Williams, as well as an afterword by& Juana María Rodríguez"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The sweetest hangover

El Santo Joto

Ni madre

Mexican psychotic

Appetites I have inherited

Sissy

Puto

A Black and A Brown

"I don't do plot, I do ideology": Interview with Ricardo A. Bracho / by Jennifer S. Ponce de León.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version Bracho, Ricardo A., 1969- Puto

ISBN:

9781478032908

1478032901

9781478029496

1478029498

OCLC:

1552572101

Publisher Number:

90103967672