Contemporary Latina/o theater: wrighting ethnicity

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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 Piñero, Luis Valdez, Guillermo Reyes, Octavio Solis, José Rivera, and Cherríe Moraga. Rossini exposes how these writers use the genre as a tool to reveal and transform existing preconceptions about their culture. Through "wrighting"--The triplicate process of writing plays, righting misconceptions about ethnic identity, and creating an entirely new way of understan.;Cover; Other Books in the Theater in the Americas Series; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; 2. Miguel Piñero's Theatricality; 3. El Pachuco; 4. Bandidos to Badges; 5. Wrighting the Borders in the 1990s; 6. José Rivera's Aesthetics of Wrighting; 7. Cherríe Moraga and the Wrighting of Community; Notes; Bibliography; Index; Author Bio; Series Statement; Back Cover.