Chicano
Culture and Performance in Contemporary United States
DESCRIPTION
When I went to school, I discovered that there were
no books, no stories dealing
with the history of Latinos in the United States, that none
of our historical figures were
ever mentioned in the books. It was a totally all-white,
all-European-based orientation,
and I felt that this was ultimately wrong . . . I wanted to
do something about it, and so I
ended up writing plays about my own people, writing plays
about our culture, writing
plays about our history.
—Luis Valdez
Chicano Culture and Performance in
Contemporary US is a class intended to investigate numerous cultural theories,
historical contexts, and dramatic literature surrounding Chicano culture and
performance in the United States. This class will be particularly helpful in
teaching you to apply theories surrounding Chicano culture and community culture to a variety of
dramatic texts, both inside and outside the Chicano paradigm.
Over the course of this class we
will spend time gaining both a breadth and depth of understanding of how
“Chicano” is performed in the United States today, as well as how we perform our individual race/culture. You will do this through reading, analyzing,
and reporting your findings in textbooks, peer-reviewed articles, plays, and films.
Your learning will be measured through reading responses, class discussions, a
research paper, group projects, and a performance.
LEARNING
OUTCOMES
Dramatic Literature
Students will evaluate greats
works of dramatic literature written by and for Chicanos.
Critical Response
Students will create logical and
considered responses to dramatic literature in a variety of different
mediums-oral reports, production reviews, persuasive essays, and critical
analyses.
Practicing Theory
Students will develop an ethics of
representation through the application of Chicano culture and history to
dramatic literature.
Theorizing Practice
Students will create socially
conscious, ideologically-grounded performances that respond both to their world
views and contemporary issues in Chicano culture.
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