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Performance and Activism
Grassroots Discourse after the Los Angeles Rebellion of 1992
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2009
Summary
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 the history and political economy of Los Angeles. Building on the important critical urban studies work of Mike Davis and Edward Soja, it also draws on Dwight Conquergood's writings on performance ethnography to theorize the political work of grassroots formations such as alternative/underground media collectives, gang truce parties/picnics, and women-organized prisoner support and court watch groups, such as Mothers Reclaiming Our Children. The book focuses on these events through the inter-disciplinary approach of performance studies, highlighting 'performance-conscious activisms' that help bridge the enormous class, race, and gender divides of our society.
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Edition
1/2009
Copyright Year
2009
ISBN-Print
978-0-7391-3356-9
ISBN-Online
978-0-7391-3358-3
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
250
Product Type
Monograph
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Preface and Acknowledgements No access
CHAPTER 1: Introduction No access Pages 1 - 38
CHAPTER 2: Toward a Historical Political Economy of Los Angeles No access Pages 39 - 64
CHAPTER 3: Performing Peace: Gang Truce in Watts and Beyond No access Pages 65 - 92
CHAPTER 4: The Gang Truce Movement as a Space for Dialogue and Activism No access Pages 93 - 120
CHAPTER 5: Performing Motherhood: Reclaiming Their Children, Creating Uprising Textualities No access Pages 121 - 160
CHAPTER 6: Performing Twilight Los Angeles: Walking in the Words of a Sad and Beautiful Poem No access Pages 161 - 202
CHAPTER 7: Conclusion: Remembrance and Reinterpretation No access Pages 203 - 210
