Research Catalog

Title

• The panza monologues / written, compiled, and collected by Virginia Grise and Irma Mayorga ; foreword by Tiffany Ana López.

Author

Grise, Virginia

Publication

Austin : University of Texas Press, 2014.

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Holdings

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Additional Authors

Mayorga, Irma

Description

xxxix, 251 pages : illustrations, map; 23 cm

Summary

The Panza Monologues is an original solo performance piece based on women's stories about their panzas-tú sabes-that roll of belly we all try to hide. Written, compiled, and collected by Virginia Grise and Irma Mayorga and fashioned into a tour-de-force solo performance. The Panza Monologues features the words of Chicanas speaking with humor and candor. Their stories boldly place the panza front and center as a symbol that reveals the lurking truths about women's thoughts, lives, loves, abuses, and living conditions. This second edition of The Panza Monologues presents the performance script in its entirety, as well as a rich supporting cast of dramaturgical and pedagogical materials. These include a narrative history of the play's development by the playwrights; critical materials that enhance and expand upon the script's themes and ideas (a short introduction to San Antonio, where the play was developed; playwright autogeographies; and a manifesto on women of color making theater); and a selection of pedagogical and creative ideas, including guidelines and advice for staging a production of the play and for teaching it in the classroom, community-making activities (screenings, hosting "Panza Parties," community/group discussions), and creative writing activities connected to the play.

Subject

• Body image
• Body image > Drama
• Mexican American women
• Mexican American women > Drama
• Monologues

Genre/Form

• Drama
• Drama.

Note

• "The Panza Monologues script also features stories contributed by Bárbara Renaud González, Petra A. Mata, and María R. Salazar."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Foreword / Dr. Tiffany Ana López -- Muchas Many Thank-Yous to All Our Panza Allies -- Introducción to the Second Edition -- Organization of the Book -- 1. The Panza Monologues: From Cuentos to DVD -- 2. Script of the Panza Monologues -- The Panza Monologues -- Glossary -- A Chronological Production History of The Panza Monologues -- 3. Tejana Topographies -- El Mapa de San Antonio by Debora Kuetzpal Vasquez -- Introduction -- San Antonio Paint(ed) by Numbers -- Autogeographies -- Virginia Grise -- Irma Mayorga -- 4. A Diy Production Manual -- Introduction -- Guidelines, Advice, and Good Wishes for Staging a Production of The Panza Monologues -- Permission to Stage the Play -- Royalties for Staging the Play -- Promotional Materials for/from Your Production -- Notes for Staging Your Production -- Beyond the Play: Your Event -- Para que nunca más nos vuelvan a borrar: Conciencia Femenil, a Closer Look at Panza Positive Activism -- Permissions and Royalty Request Sample Letter for The Panza Monologues -- Panza Checklist: Planning Your Production -- Tupperware Meets Telenovela: How to Organize a Panza Party -- Panza Party Sample Information for an Email Inquiry -- Panza Checklist: Planning Your Panza Party -- Contact Information -- 5. Pedagogy of the Panza: A Reading, Creative Writing, and Discussion Guide for the Panza Monologues -- Introduction -- Topics for Discussion and Activities Based on The Panza Monologues -- Before Reading/Screening -- After Reading/Screening -- Internet Research Activities -- Obesity in the United States -- Body Image -- Cultural Mapping -- Creative Writing Activities Based on The Panza Monologues -- Some Thoughts on Free-Writing -- Creating Monologues -- One-Liners -- Writing with Personal Photographs -- Autogeography -- Ten Steps for Creating Documentary-Style Theater -- Further Reading -- Panza Pilón: A Manifesto for Panza Positive Chicana Cultural Production -- Notes -- Additional Art Credits -- Index.

ISBN

• 9780292749092 (hbk. : alk. paper)
• 0292749090 (hbk. : alk. paper)
• 9780292754058 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 0292754051 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2013008529

OCLC

841039485

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library