Description
Book SynopsisThis study demythologizes and reinterprets the history of a Chicana/o performance ensemble.
Trade ReviewThis welcome addition in critical theory about the Chicana/o theater movement is recommended for those researchers interested in theater practice and performance, women's studies, and cultural studies. * Choice *
An excellent work in Chicano historiography and performativity. . . . Broyles-González does not merely intend to de-mythologize the [Luis] Valdez-centered cultural history of the Teatro; more importantly, she begins to explore a specific period and scope of a collective performance practice in the Teatro. * Theatre Journal *
Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. El Teatro Campesino and the Mexican Popular Performance Tradition
- Oral Tradition: Human Memory, the Body, Community
- The Political Economy of Chicana/o Comedy
- Rasquachi Performance Aesthetic and Historical Memory
- El Teatro Campesino and Mexican Sacroprofane Performance Genres
- Conclusion
- 2. Theater of the Sphere: Toward the Formulation of a Native Performance Theory and Practice
- On Formulating an Indigenous Alternative Performance Aesthetic
- Theater of the Sphere: Affirming the Chicana/o Axis
- The Formation of the Spherical Actor: A New Chicana/o Humanism
- Theater of the Sphere: The Twenty Steps
- Theater of the Sphere: The World of Performance
- Theater of the Sphere: Liberation or Mystification?
- 3. Toward a Re-Vision of Chicana/o Theater History: The Roles of Women in El Teatro Campesino
- Introduction
- The Roles of Women in El Teatro Campesino
- Breaking the Mold: Creating New Pathways
- An Epilogue: Chicanas Onstage in the 1980s
- 4. El Teatro Campesino: From Alternative Theater to Mainstream
- Introduction
- El Teatro Campesino in the Mainstream
-
Rose of the Rancho: Validating Chicana/o Oppression
- The New Professionalism: Zoot Suit in the Mainstream
- Chicanas/os on Broadway: To Be or Not to Be?
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Zoot Suit: The Film
- Mainstreaming and the Dissolution of the Teatro Campesino Ensemble
- Conclusion: Whither El Teatro Campesino?
- Chronology
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
