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Performance and Activism - Grassroots Discourse after the Los Angeles Rebellion of 1992 (Hardcover, New) Loot Price: R2,652
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Performance and Activism - Grassroots Discourse after the Los Angeles Rebellion of 1992 (Hardcover, New): Kamran Afary

Performance and Activism - Grassroots Discourse after the Los Angeles Rebellion of 1992 (Hardcover, New)

Kamran Afary

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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.

General

Imprint: Lexington Books
Country of origin: United States
Release date: July 2009
First published: July 2009
Authors: Kamran Afary
Dimensions: 241 x 161 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages: 262
Edition: New
ISBN-13: 978-0-7391-3356-9
Categories: Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Theatre, drama > General
Books > Humanities > History > American history > General
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Urban communities
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Equal opportunities
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Social classes > General
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Violence in society > General
Books > History > American history > General
LSN: 0-7391-3356-X
Barcode: 9780739133569

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