THEA 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 32: Teatro Campesino, El Paso, Texas, La Carreta
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Reference to spanish speaking countries over 20 in the world. Indigenous peoples, europeans, africans, asians in new world. U. s. census numbers: 55 million hispanics (17%, by 2060 28. 6% of total population. Mexico"s frida kahlo, columbia"s fernando botero, chile"s isabel allende. Argentine tango, brazilian samba, cuban rumba, spanish flamenco. Mestizaje the mix of what happens when two cultures clash. The house of bernarda alba and blood wedding . Chicana, pass and lesbian informing complexity of identity heroes and saints . Cuban-american, first latino to win pulitzer prize for drama 2008, anna in the tropics . Argentine, subversive political work, decir si , antigona furiosa . Nuyorican actor/writer known for in the heights and hamilton . Boleros for the disenchanted by jose rivera. Born in california to migrant farm worker parents. Graduated from san jose state university, where he wrote his first play the shrunken head of pancho. Worked in mime, commedia dell"arte, and agitprop (agitation + propaganda) theatre.
