Performance and Activism Grassroots Discourse

This book is a study of grassroots performances and activism in the aftermath of the 1992 Los Angeles riots, documenting efforts toward establishing truce between warring street gangs, networks of support by mothers of incarcerated youth, and the theatrical production of Anna Deavere Smith's Twighlight Los Angeles 1992. It situates these developments in the inter-disciplinary context of performance studies rooted in the history and political economy of Los Angeles.

Kamran Afary teaches communication studies at California State University, Los Angeles.

List of Figures	p. vii
List of Tables	p. ix
Preface and Acknowledgements	p. xi
Introduction	p. 1
Toward a Historical Political Economy of Los Angeles	p. 39
Performing Peace: Gang Truce in Watts and Beyond	p. 65
The Gang Truce Movement as a Space for Dialogue and Activism	p. 93
Performing Motherhood: Reclaiming Their Children, Creating Uprising Textualities	p. 121
Performing Twilight Los Angeles: Walking in the Words of a Sad and Beautiful Poem	p. 161
Conclusion: Remembrance and Reinterpretation	p. 203
Bibliography	p. 211
Index	p. 231
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Performance and Activism Grassroots Discourse after the Los Angeles Rebellion of 1992

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