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Performance and activism : grassroots discourse after the Los Angeles Rebellion of 1992 /
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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lanham :
Lexington Books,
c2009.
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| Colección: | Raya Dunayevskaya series in Marxism and humanism.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xii, 249 p.) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780739133583 0739133586 1282494201 9781282494206 9786612494208 6612494204 |