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Performance-conscious Activism and Activist-conscious Performance as Discourse in the Aftermath of the Los Angeles Rebellion of 1992

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This dissertation deploys an interdisciplinary methodology, extending what is conventionally understood as discourse to include performance. It brings together the fields of performance studies, discourse analysis and theatre studies to document, contextualize, and analyze the events after the Los Angeles rebellion of 1992. It examines gang youth who turned to...

Keyword:

Anna Deavere Smith, performance studies, gangs, African American Studies, Los Angeles riots, and grass roots activism

Subject:

Performance Studies

Creator:

Kamran Afary

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Scholarly Digital Publishing

Date Uploaded:

06/27/2018

Date Modified:

06/27/2018

Date Created:

2007-05-11

Resource Type:

Dissertation