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Teatro Chicana A Collective Memoir and Selected Plays

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ISBN-10: 029271744X

ISBN-13: 9780292717442

Edition: 2008

Authors: Laura E. Garcia, Sandra M. Gutierrez, Felicitas Nu�ez, Yolanda Broyles-Gonzalez, Yolanda Broyles-Gonzalez

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The 1970s and 1980s saw the awakening of social awareness and political activism in Mexican-American communities. In San Diego, a group of Chicana women participated in a political theatre group whose plays addressed social, gender, and political issues of the working class and the Chicano Movement. In this collective memoir, seventeen women who were a part of Teatro de las Chicanas (later known as Teatro Laboral and Teatro Races) come together to share why they joined the theatre and how it transformed their lives. Teatro Chicana tells the story of this troupe through chapters featuring the history and present-day story of each of the main actors and writers, as well as excerpts from the…    
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Book details

List price: $27.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Publication date: 4/1/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 328
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.76" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English

LAURA E. GARCIA is the editor of the Tribuno del Pueblo newspaper, a bilingual publication that gives voice to the poor and to those fighting unjust laws, such as those that make the undocumented immigrant an animal of prey. She lives in Chicago.

SANDRA M. GUTIERREZ is a lifelong community activist who has advocated for immigrant rights, unionization, youth counseling, and cultural diversity. She lives in Pasadena, California.

FELICITAS NU�EZ was a co-founder of the Teatro de las Chicanas and continues to be a driving force behind the organization. She lives in Bermuda Dunes, California.

Foreword
Acknowledgments
Timeline
ntroduction
Recuerdos / Memoirs
Conclusion
Actos/Scripts
Chicana Goes to College
BroncaSo Ruff, So Tuff
Salt of the EarthE.T.--The AlienAnti-Nuke Commercial
Archie Bunker Goes to El Salvador
Addendum: Reunion of Teatro de las Chicanas
Addendum: Bylaws of Teatro Rafces
Key Spanish Terms
Biographies