BOOK READING TEATRO CHICANA

>*Teatro Chicana*
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> *A Collective Memoir and Selected Plays*
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>By Laura E. Garcia, Sandra M. Gutierrez, and Felicitas Nuñez
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>Foreword by Yolanda Broyles-Gonzalez
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>The essence of the book is the empowerment of young girls and
how that
>transformation was made during the Chicana(o) Movement. Topics
covered by
>the writers include: sexual abuse, teen pregnancy, integrating
into the
>educational system as immigrants and more.
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>*Who Should Attend?* Open to the public especially for young
girls in their
>early teens and adults.
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>*When?* September 20, 2008
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>*Time?* 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.**
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>*Where? *Mujeres Latinas en Acción
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>2124 W. 21st Place, Chicago
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>*Cost?* Free
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>*RSVP? *Ana Soto at (773) 890-7699**
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>*Come meet editors, Laura Garcia, Felicitas Nunez, and*
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>*contributors,Virginia Rodríguez Balanoff, Evelyn Cruz, and
Hilda Rodriguez.
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>Enjoy a panel discussion and book signing.
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>"These memoirs are the personal, honest, and riveting
testimonials of
>seventeen Chicanas who performed Chicana theater during the
1970s. These
>carnalas empowered themselves and thousands during the
tumultuous years of
>the Movimiento by performing plays for working-class
communities……We need
>their courage today. And we need their stories for a new
generation of
>Chicanas and for working women everywhere." --- R*udolfo
Anaya*, author of
>Bless Me, Ultima and Curse of the ChupaCabra
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>"'Órale, ya era tiempo.' Stories of 'the Movement' too often
emphasize men's
>roles, ignoring the vital participation of women or relegating
them to the
>sidelines. In Teatro Chicana, women are central to the ideas,
emotions,
>strategies, writing, art, and music of the 1960s and 1970s
when this
>country—and much of the world—rocked with revolutionary
imagination and
>fervor. The Chicano Movement, like most social movements, also
had many
>women warrior/leaders—this struggle was shaped and ignited by
women, fed and
>nurtured by women, with many men at their sides.......Seeing
it again
>through the voices of the elder-teachers in this book, I'm
reminded—no
>movement is complete without la mujer." — *Luis J. Rodriguez*,
author of
>Always Running: La Vida Loca: Gang Days in L.A. and Hearts and
Hands: Cre
>ating Community in Violent Times
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>For more information visit:
http://www.utexas.edu/utpress/books/guttea.html