Nuyorican feminist performance : from the café to hip hop theater / Patricia Herrara.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Herrera, Patricia, author.

Contributor:

Michigan Publishing (University of Michigan), publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Poets, Puerto Rican--New York (State)--New York.

Poets, Puerto Rican.

Puerto Rican poetry--New York (State)--New York.

Puerto Rican poetry.

Puerto Rican women--New York (State)--New York--Poetry.

Puerto Rican women.

American drama--New York (State)--New York--Puerto Rican authors.

American drama.

Women dramatists, American--New York (State)--New York.

Women dramatists, American.

Puerto Rican women--New York (State)--New York--Drama.

Nuyorican Poets Cafe.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 226 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor, Michigan : University of Michigan Press, [2020]

Summary:

The Nuyorican Poets Café has for the past forty years provided a space for multicultural artistic expression and a platform for the articulation of Puerto Rican and black cultural politics. The Café's performances--poetry, music, hip hop, comedy, and drama--have been studied in detail, but until now, little attention has been paid to the voices of its women artists. Through archival research and interview, Nuyorican Feminist Performance examines the contributions of 1970s and '80s performeras and how they challenged the Café's gender politics. It also looks at recent artists who have built on that foundation with hip hop performances that speak to contemporary audiences. The book spotlights the work of foundational artists such as Sandra María Esteves, Martita Morales, Luz Rodríguez, and Amina Muñoz, before turning to contemporary artists La Bruja, Mariposa, Aya de León, and Nilaja Sun, who infuse their poetry and solo pieces with both Nuyorican and hip hop aesthetics.

Notes:

Description based on information from the publisher.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-226)

ISBN:

0-472-12676-8