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Luis Valdez--Early Works: Actos, Bernabae, and Pensamiento Serpentino » Read Now
by Luis Valdez. 204 pgs.

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This collection includes one-act plays by the famous farmwork theater, El Teatro Campesino, and its director Luis Valdez; one of the first fully realized, fulllength plays by Valdez alone; and an original narrative poem by Luis Valdez.
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Zoot Suit and Other Plays » Read Now
by Luis Valdez. 216 pgs.

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This collection contains three of playwright and screenwriter Luis Valdez's most important and recognized plays. Zoot Suit, Bandido and I Don't Have to Show You No Stinking Badges. The anthology also includes an introduction by noted theater critic Dr. Jorge Huerta of the University of...
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This collection contains three of playwright and screenwriter Luis Valdez's most important and recognized plays. Zoot Suit, Bandido and I Don't Have to Show You No Stinking Badges. The anthology also includes an introduction by noted theater critic Dr. Jorge Huerta of the University of California-San Diego. Luis Valdez, the most recognized and celebrated Hispanic playwright of our times, is the director of the famous farm-worker theater, El Teatro Campesino.
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Staging Difference: Cultural Pluralism in American Theatre and Drama ("Looking for a Third Space: El Pachuco and Chicano Nationalism in Luis Valdez's Zoot Suit" begins on p. 215) » Read Now
by Marc Maufort. 398 pgs.

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...Third Space: El Pachuco and Chicano Nationalism in Luis Valdezs Zoot Suit 215 John V. Antush The Internal Third...Paul Carter Harrison, Chicanos and Latinos such as Luis...
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Teaching American Ethnic Literatures: Nineteen Essays ("Chicano Theater Reaches the Professional Stage: Luis Valdez's Zoot Suit" begins on p. 193) » Read Now
by John R. Maitino, David R. Peck. 350 pgs.

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...Bless Me, Ultima" 179 Elizabeth Ramirez, "Chicano Theatre Reaches the Professional Stage: Luis Valdezs Zoot Suit" 193 Julian Olivares, "Entering The House on Mango Street"...
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Brechtian and Aztec Violence in Valdez's Zoot Suit, in Journal of Popular Film and Television » Read Now
by Mark Pizzato. 10 pgs.

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...By MARK PIZZATO Play wright Luis Valdez categorizes the play he has developed...order to go on in the streets" ( "Luis Valdez, Chicano"268. The zoot-suited...realities, see...
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Theatre for Working-Class Audiences in the United States, 1830-1980 (Discussion of Luis Valdez begins on p. 185) » Read Now
by Bruce A. McConachie, Daniel Friedman. 272 pgs.

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...Theatre for Working-Class Audiences in the United States, 1830-1980 Recent Titles in Contributions in Drama and Theatre Studies Series Editor: Joseph Donohue...
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Necessary Theater: Six Plays about the Chicano Experience ("The Shrunken Head of Pancho Villa" by Luis Valdez begins on p. 142) » Read Now
by Jorge Huerta. 368 pgs.

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Necessary Theater includes: The Shrunken Head of Pancho Villa, by Luis Valdez; Money, by Arthur Giron; Latina, by Milcha Sanchez Scott with Jeremy Blahnik; Soldierboy, by Judith and Severo Perez; and Guadalupe and La victima, both by El Teatro de la Esperanza. Necessary Theater is the first...
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Necessary Theater includes: The Shrunken Head of Pancho Villa, by Luis Valdez; Money, by Arthur Giron; Latina, by Milcha Sanchez Scott with Jeremy Blahnik; Soldierboy, by Judith and Severo Perez; and Guadalupe and La victima, both by El Teatro de la Esperanza. Necessary Theater is the first anthology of Chicano theater published in a decade and includes only plays that have been professionally staged to critical acclaim. An introduction by Jorge Huerta, along with commentaries on each author and play, is included. Jorge Huerta, the author of Chicano Theater: Themes and Forms, is a professor in the drama department at the University of California-San Diego.
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Theatre, Society, and the Nation: Staging American Identities (Discussion of Luis Valdez begins on p. 138) » Read Now
by S. E. Wilmer. 281 pgs.

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Theater has often served as a touchstone for critical moments of political change or national definition. Steve Wilmer selects key historical moments in American history to examine the theater's response. The selected events range from the Colonial fight for independence through Native American...
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Theater has often served as a touchstone for critical moments of political change or national definition. Steve Wilmer selects key historical moments in American history to examine the theater's response. The selected events range from the Colonial fight for independence through Native American struggles, the Socialist Worker play and the Civil Rights Movement, to those of the last decade. Wilmer also considers audience reception and critical response.
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Ethnic Theatre in the United States (Discussion of Luis Valdez begins on p. 346) » Read Now
by Maxine Schwartz Seller. 610 pgs.

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"Strongly recommended for undergraduate and graduate libraries; useful in theater, American history, and ethnic studies." Choice
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Theatrical Directors: A Biographical Dictionary (Discussion of Luis Valdez begins on p. 406) » Read Now
by John W. Frick, Stephen M. Vallillo. 574 pgs.

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""This book should be impressive to aspiring theater arts students as well as to those who simply love theater. Highly recommended for most collections." Library Journal