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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Afary, Kamran, 1957-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham : Lexington Books, c2009.
Colección:Raya Dunayevskaya series in Marxism and humanism.
Temas:
Political activists > California > Los Angeles.
Riots > California > Los Angeles.
African Americans > California > Los Angeles > Politics and government.
Performance > Political aspects > California > Los Angeles.
Mass media > Political aspects > California > Los Angeles.
Performance technology > Political aspects > California > Los Angeles.
Activistes > Californie > Los Angeles.
Noirs américains > Californie > Los Angeles > Politique et gouvernement.
Rendement au travail > Aspect politique > Californie > Los Angeles.
Émeutes > Californie > Los Angeles.
HISTORY > State & Local > General.
African Americans > Politics and government
Mass media > Political aspects
Political activists
Race relations
Riots
Los Angeles (Calif.) > Race relations.
California > Los Angeles
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Performance and Activism; Contents; Figures; Tables; Preface and Acknowledgements; CHAPTER 1: Introduction; CHAPTER 2: Toward a Historical Political Economy of Los Angeles; CHAPTER 3: Performing Peace: Gang Truce in Watts and Beyond; CHAPTER 4: The Gang Truce Movement as a Space for Dialogue and Activism; CHAPTER 5: Performing Motherhood: Reclaiming Their Children, Creating Uprising Textualities; CHAPTER 6: Performing Twilight Los Angeles: Walking in the Words of a Sad and Beautiful Poem; CHAPTER 7: Conclusion: Remembrance and Reinterpretation; Bibliography; Index.

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