Chicano Drama Performance, Society and Myth [Hardcover]

An accessible introduction for students and theatregoers of Chicano theatre, first published in 2000.This is the first book since Jorge Huerta's earlier study Chicano Theater: Themes and Forms to explore the diversity and energy of Chicano theatre. Huerta takes as his starting point 1979, the year Luis Valdez's play, Zoot Suit, was produced on Broadway. Through informative biographies of each playwright and a nalyses of their plays, Huerta offers an accessible introduction to this important aspect of American theatre and culture. The book contains photographs from key productions and will be invaluable to students, scholars and general theatregoers.This is the first book since Jorge Huerta's earlier study Chicano Theater: Themes and Forms to explore the diversity and energy of Chicano theatre. Huerta takes as his starting point 1979, the year Luis Valdez's play, Zoot Suit, was produced on Broadway. Through informative biographies of each playwright and a nalyses of their plays, Huerta offers an accessible introduction to this important aspect of American theatre and culture. The book contains photographs from key productions and will be invaluable to students, scholars and general theatregoers.Huerta takes as his starting point 1979, the year Luís Valdez's play, Zoot Suit, was produced on Broadway. Huerta looks at plays by and about Chicanas and Chicanos, as they explore through performance, the community and its identity caught between the United States and Mexico. Through informative biographies of each playwright and analyses of their plays, Huerta offers an accessible introduction to this important aspect of American theater and culture. The book contains photographs from key productions and will be invaluable to students, scholars and general theatergoers.Acknowledgements; List of illustrations; Introduction; 1. Mythos or mitos: the roots of a Chicano mythology; 2. Mystery or miracle: bodiless heads and conversations with the dead; 3. Redemption: lookil³¢