Taking it to the streets
the social protest theater of Luis Valdez and Amiri Baraka
by Harry Justin Elam
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The performances of Luis Valdez's El Teatro Campesino, the farmworkers' theater, and Amiri Baraka's Black Revolutionary Theater (BRT) during the '60s and '70s offer preeminent examples of social protest theater during a momentous and tumultuous historical juncture.
In Taking It to the Streets, Harry Elam compares the performance methodologies, theories, and practices of the two groups, highlighting their cross-cultural commonalities and providing insights into the complex genre of social protest performance and its interchange with its audience.
He examines the ways in which ritual can be seen to operate within the productions of El Teatro and the BRT, uniting audience and performers in subversive, celebratory protest by transforming spectators into active participants within the theater walls - and into revolutionary activists outside.
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Mexican American theater, Workers' theater, Teatro Campesino (Organization), Criticism and interpretation, Politiek theater, El Teatro Campesino, Arbeiderstoneel, Protest, Chicanos, Baraka, amiri, 1934-2014, American drama, history and criticism, 20th century, American drama, african american authors, history and criticism, American drama, mexican american authors, Theater, united states, history, Theater, political aspects, Dramatists, biographyPlaces
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Taking it to the streets: the social protest theater of Luis Valdez and Amiri Baraka
2001, University of Michigan Press
in English
- 1st. pbk. ed.
0472087681 9780472087686
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Taking it to the streets: the social protest theater of Luis Valdez and Amiri Baraka
1997, University of Michigan Press
in English
0472107933 9780472107933
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-175) and index.
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