Research Catalog

Title

Latina/o communication studies : theorizing performance / Bernadette Marie Calafell.

Author

Calafell, Bernadette Marie.

Publication

New York : Peter Lang, c2007.

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Description

x, 155 p.; 23 cm.

Summary

• "This is the first book within the field of communication studies to map the terrain of Latina/o performance. Using rhetorical criticism and performance ethnography, the book examines performance from a variety of perspectives: from identity and community in everyday life, to how it intersects with popular culture. Discussions - from Ricky Martin to Chicana feminist pilgrimages to issues of diaspora - contribute to the book's argument that the relationship between rhetorical scholarship and emerging performance work has largely been ignored. Latina/o Communication Studies aims to challenge this split by creating a more complex and less Eurocentric understanding of rhetoric.
• This rich and informative book contributes to a more nuanced understanding of race and ethnicity and attests to the importance of Latina/o studies in the field of communication."--Jacket.

Series Statement

Critical intercultural communication studies, 1528-6118 ; v. 9

Alternative Title

• Latina communication studies
• Latino communication studies

Subject

• Hispanic Americans > Ethnic identity
• Hispanic Americans > Study and teaching (Higher)
• Hispanic American women > Social conditions
• Hispanic American men > Social conditions
• Intercultural communication > United States
• Interpersonal communication > United States
• Power (Social sciences) > United States
• Performative (Philosophy) > Social aspects > United States
• Performance art > Social aspects > United States
• United States > Ethnic relations

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [143]-155).

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Making a spacer for Latina/o performance -- Transforming landscapes through performance: 'Yo soy Chicana/o" in the new Latina/o South -- Looking for Marina/looking for myself: a Chicana feminist performance -- My love/hate relationship with El Vez -- To Rick with love -- Reflecting on the (im)possibilities of Latinidad: affective connections among Latina/os -- Final thoughts.

ISBN

9780820481821 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2007035022

OCLC

167506754

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library