Taking it to the streets
the social protest theater of Luis Valdez and Amiri Baraka
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Author
Publication
1997 - University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Language
English
Word Count
46,750 words, Guess
Page Count
187 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL1005984M
- ISBN-100472107933
- OCLC Control Number35688174
- OCLC Control Numbertakingittostreet0000elam
- Library of Congress Control Number96045790
and 2 more
- LibraryThing639325
- Goodreads2422787
Classifications
- DDC792/.0973
- LCCPN3307.U6 E4 1997
Description
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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Series Statement
- Theater--theory/text/performance
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- Taking it to the streets: the social protest theater of Luis Valdez and Amiri Baraka
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