Contemporary Latina/O Theater: Wrighting Ethnicity

by Jon D. Rossini

In Contemporary Latina/o Theater, Jon D. Rossini explores the complex relationship between theater and the creation of ethnicity in an unprecedented examination of six Latina/o playwrights and their works: Miguel Pi ero, Luis Valdez, Guillermo Reyes, Octavio Solis, Jos Rivera, and Cherr e Moraga. Rossini exposes how these writers use the genre as a tool to reveal and transform existing preconceptions about their culture. Through "wrighting"--the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809328305
• ISBN13: 9780809328307
• Release Date: April 2008
• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.5" x 8.7"