Reflecting Us and the Other: Das Chicana-/Chicano-Drama der Gegenwart - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Reflecting Us and the Other: Das Chicana-/Chicano-Drama der Gegenwart write by Bernd Evers. This book was released on 2006-05-10. Reflecting Us and the Other: Das Chicana-/Chicano-Drama der Gegenwart available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Magisterarbeit aus dem Jahr 2003 im Fachbereich Amerikanistik - Literatur, Note: 1,3, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (Institut für Anglistik/Amerikanistik), Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Ein Blick in die Literatur, die bislang besonders in Deutschland und Europa über das Theater der Chicanas und Chicanos veröffentlicht wurde, fördert Interessantes zu Tage: Sie behandelt primär Dramen, die in den 60er Jahren veröffentlicht wurden, Dramen von Luis Valdez und des Ensembles Teatro Campesino.Dieses Theater war international bekannt für seine Thematisierung des politischen und ethnischen (Klassen-) Kampfes der Chicanos um Gleichberechtigung in der amerikanischen Gesellschaft. Aber hat es in den letzten Jahren keine wichtigen und politisch bedeutenden Dramen des Chicano-Theaters gegeben? Fehlt den Dramatikern heute die Motivation eines Valdez, auf der Bühne auf die Diskriminierung ihrer ethnischen Gruppe aufmerksam zu machen? Mitnichten. Der Eindruck, dass das Chicano-Theater seit den 70er Jahren völlig an Bedeutung eingebüßt hätte, entsteht bei der Überbetonung des Teatro Campesinoleicht. Wie Oliver Mayer, einer der wichtigsten Vertreter des „neuen“ Teatro Chicano,in dem oben angeführten Zitat unterstreicht, gibt es unter Chicanas und Chicanos immer noch ein Theater mit einer starken politischen Zielrichtung. Allerdings hat sich die Zielsetzung der Theaterbewegung in den letzten zwanzig Jahren geändert. Es hat eine Umorientierung des Theaters stattgefunden, begleitet von demographischen Änderungen und Veränderungen im Zielpublikum und im Umfeld derer, die heute Chicano-Theater inszenieren. Die Krise im Chicano-Theater Anfang der 80er Jahre, die von Kritikern rückblickend als „profound internal crisis“ gesehen wird, ist überwunden. Das Theater ist wieder eine der wichtigsten und stärksten künstlerischen Ausdruckformen der Chicanos. Es ist ein politisches Instrument, mit dem die Chicanos ihre Forderungen artikulieren. Die Themen, die das Theater behandelt, und seine Vielschichtigkeit stehen exemplarisch für die Situation der Chicanos in der Vereinigten Staaten. Auch wenn viele Chicanos nur ungern von „politischem Theater“ sprechen (Theaterkritiker Michael Philips: „It has come to mean everything and nothing. Too often it has meant the worst kind of finger-wagging“), verfolgt ihr Theater verschiedene politische Ziele. Diese sollen im Folgenden aufgezeigt werden. [...]
Zoot Suit & Other Plays
Zoot Suit & Other Plays - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Zoot Suit & Other Plays write by Luis Valdez. This book was released on 1992-04-30. Zoot Suit & Other Plays available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This critically acclaimed play by Luis Valdez cracks open the depiction of Chicanos on stage, challenging viewers to revisit a troubled moment in our nationÕs history. From the moment the myth-infused character El Pachuco burst onto the stage, cutting his way through the drop curtain with a switchblade, Luis Valdez spurred a revolution in Chicano theater. Focusing on the events surrounding the Sleepy Lagoon Murder Trial of 1942 and the ensuing Zoot Suit Riots that turned Los Angeles into a bloody war zone, this is a gritty and vivid depiction of the horrifying violence and racism suffered by young Mexican Americans on the home front during World War II. ValdezÕs cadre of young urban characters struggle with the stereotypes and generalizations of AmericaÕs dominant culture, the questions of assimilation and patriotism, and a desire to rebel against the mainstream pressures that threaten to wipe them out. Experimenting with brash forms of narration, pop culture of the war era, and complex characterizations, this quintessential exploration of the Mexican-American experience in the United States during the 1940Õs was the first, and only, Chicano play to open on Broadway. This collection contains three of playwright and screenwriter Luis ValdezÕs most important and recognized plays: Zoot Suit, Bandido! and I DonÕt Have to Show You No Stinking Badges. The anthology also includes an introduction by noted theater critic Dr. Jorge Huerta of the University of California-San Diego. Luis Valdez, the most recognized and celebrated Hispanic playwright of our times, is the director of the famous farm-worker theater, El Teatro Campesino.
Feminism, Nation and Myth
Feminism, Nation and Myth - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Feminism, Nation and Myth write by Rolando Romero. This book was released on 2005-04-30. Feminism, Nation and Myth available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Feminism, Nation and Myth explores the scholarship of La Malinche, the indigenous woman who is said to have led Cortés and his troops to the Aztec city of Tenochtitlán. The figure of La Malinche has generated intense debate among literature and cultural studies scholars. Drawing from the humanities and the social sciences, feminist studies, queer studies, Chicana/o studies, and Latina/o studies, critics and theorists in this volume analyze the interaction and interdependence of race, class, and gender. Studies of La Malinche demand that scholars disassemble and reconstruct concepts of nation, community, agency, subjectivity, and social activism. This volume originated in the 1999 "U.S. Latina/Latino Perspectives on la Malinche" conference that brought together scholars from across the nation. Filmmaker Dan Banda interviewed many of the presenters for his documentary, Indigenous Always: The Legend of La Malinche and the Conquest of Mexico. Contributors include Alfred Arteaga, Antonia Castañeda, Debra Castillo, Alicia Gaspar de Alba, Deena González, María Herrera Sobek, Guisela Latorre, Luis Leal, Sandra Messinger Cypess, Franco Mondini-Ruiz, Amanda Nolacea Harris, Rolando J. Romero, and Tere Romo. These academic essays are complemented by the creative work of Alicia Gaspar de Alba and José Emilio Pacheco, both of whom evoke the figure of La Malinche in their work.
La Malinche in Mexican Literature
La Malinche in Mexican Literature - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook La Malinche in Mexican Literature write by Sandra Messinger Cypess. This book was released on 2010-07-05. La Malinche in Mexican Literature available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Of all the historical characters known from the time of the Spanish conquest of the New World, none has proved more pervasive or controversial than that of the Indian interpreter, guide, mistress, and confidante of Hernán Cortés, Doña Marina—La Malinche—Malintzin. The mother of Cortés's son, she becomes not only the mother of the mestizo but also the Mexican Eve, the symbol of national betrayal. Very little documented evidence is available about Doña Marina. This is the first serious study tracing La Malinche in texts from the conquest period to the present day. It is also the first study to delineate the transformation of this historical figure into a literary sign with multiple manifestations. Cypess includes such seldom analyzed texts as Ireneo Paz's Amor y suplicio and Doña Marina, as well as new readings of well-known texts like Octavio Paz's El laberinto de la soledad. Using a feminist perspective, she convincingly demonstrates how the literary depiction and presentation of La Malinche is tied to the political agenda of the moment. She also shows how the symbol of La Malinche has changed over time through the impact of sociopolitical events on the literary expression.
Anthropologies of Medicine
Anthropologies of Medicine - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Anthropologies of Medicine write by Beatrix Pfleiderer. This book was released on 2012-12-06. Anthropologies of Medicine available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
