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Performance and Activism

Grassroots Discourse after the Los Angeles Rebellion of 1992

Autor: Kamran Afary

Jazyk:

Vazba: Brožovaná

Vydavatel: Lexington Books

Dostupnost: Skladem u dodavatele

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Much has been written about the Los Angeles riots of 1992, which brought out deep racial tensions th...

Informace o knize

Autor

Kamran Afary

Jazyk

Angličtina

Vazba

Kniha - Brožovaná

Vydáno

2009

Stránek

262

EAN

9780739133576

ISBN

0739133578

Enbook ID

04903320

Vydavatel

Lexington Books

Hmotnost

404

Rozměry

228 x 152 x 26

Kompletní popis

Much has been written about the Los Angeles riots of 1992, which brought out deep racial tensions throughout the city, exposed by media images of police brutality. This book sheds light on another facet of the events, the birth of a dynamic grassroots activist and community organizing movement that has been little noticed by academics or even by the press. It also focuses on the theatrical production of Twilight: Los Angeles 1992, a performance created by Anna Deavere Smith. Performance and Activism analyzes a rich, eclectic, and ongoing ensemble of local activist struggles in the context of the history and political economy of Los Angeles. Building on the important critical urban studies work of Mike Davis and Edward Soja, it also draws on Dwight Conquergood's writings on performance ethnography to theorize the political work of grassroots formations such as alternative/underground media collectives, gang truce parties/picnics, and women-organized prisoner support and court watch groups, such as Mothers Reclaiming Our Children. The book focuses on these events through the inter-disciplinary approach of performance studies, highlighting 'performance-conscious activisms' that help bridge the enormous class, race, and gender divides of our society.