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Borderlands Children’s Theatre: Historical Developments and Emergence of Chicana/o/Mexican-American Youth Theatre book cover

1st Edition

Borderlands Children’s Theatre Historical Developments and Emergence of Chicana/o/Mexican-American Youth Theatre

By Cecilia Josephine Aragón Copyright 2022
174 Pages 22 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

174 Pages 22 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

174 Pages 22 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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This book chronicles the child performer as part of the Chicana/o/Mexican-American theatre experience. Borderlands Children’s Theatre explores the phenomenon of the Chicana/o/Mexican-American child performer at the center of Chicana/o and Latina/o theatre culture. Drawing from historical and contemporary theatrical traditions to finally the emergence of Latina/o Youth Theatre and Latina/o... Read more

 

Acknowledgements

Dedication

Foreword

Introduction

  • Performing Mestizaje: Memory, Body, and Land

  • A Note on the Structure of This Book

Chapter 1: An Overview of United States Children’s Theatre and the Western Concept of Childhood

    1. Understanding Children’s Theatre in the United States

    2. U.S. Children’s Theatre/TYA and the Convergence of Latina/o Theatre for Young Audiences (LTYA)

    3. Changing Cultural Conceptions of Children and Youth

Chapter 2: Historical Context of Borderlands Children’s Theatre: An Overview of Traditional and Contemporary Chicana/o/Mexican-American Theatre Practices

    1. Pre-Columbian and Mesoamerican Rituals, Celebrations, and Roles of Children

    2. Southwest Hispanic Theatre 1821-1950 and Spanish-language theatre from the 1930s to the 1950s

    3. Chicana/o Movement 1960-1979: Theatre, Education, and Political Mobilization

    4. Emergence of Chicana/o Children’s Theatre and Latina/o Theatre for Young Audiences, 1960 to the Present

Chapter 3: Theorizing a Border Crossing Subject/Self

    1. Border Theory

    2. Border Theory y Mujer Feminista

    3. Border Theory and Theatre

    4. Psycho/Social Theory: Ethnic Identity in the Borderlands

Chapter 4: An Application of Border Theories and Psycho/Social Theory: Analysis of Chicana/o Drama for Children and Youth

  1. Alicia in Wonder Tierra (or I Can’t Eat Goat Head): Quest for Mestiza Consciousness

  2. Farolitos of Christmas: Generational Borders
  3. The Highest Heaven: Beyond Borders
  4. No saco nada de la escuela: Border Politics of Education
  5. Simply María or The American Dream: Border-Crossing Dreamer
  6. The Drop Out: Borderline At-Risk Student
  7. The Border-Crossing Subject/Self and Ethnic Production

Chapter 5: Borderlands Theatrical Legacies: Antecedents and the Future

    1. Writing for Chicana/o Children and Youth: Playwright’s Reflections

    2. Summary

    3. Conclusion: Advocacy for the Millennium and Expressing New Trends for Chicana/o/Mexican-American Young Audiences

Bibliography

Index

Biography

Dr. Cecilia Josephine Aragón is Professor of Theatre and Dance, and Latina/o Studies in the School of Culture, Gender, and Social Justice at the University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, USA. Aragón currently serves as Area Head of Theatre for Young Audiences/Theatre Education and Executive Director of Wyoming Latina Youth Center.

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