Latina/o Communication Studies: Theorizing Performance (Critical Intercultural Communication Studies)
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| Rating | : | 4.47 (566 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0820481823 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 155 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-03-04 |
| Language | : | English |
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A wonderful read of the most up-to-date Latina/o theory! -- Linda Alcoff«Bernadette Marie Calafell's work captures the shifting contours of Latina/o identity and culture in nuanced and interesting ways. -- Fernando Delgado-Bernadette Marie Calafell's work captures the shifting contours of Latina/o identity and culture in nuanced and interesting ways. Latinos. Situated at the crossroads of multiple identities and multiple disciplinary vocabularies, Calafell's text provides new ways of understanding Latina/o cultural experiences. Her account is given in the first and third person, in both the intimate terms of an auto-ethnography and the objective terms of social critique. A wonderful read of the most up-to-date Latina/o theory!- (Linda Alcoff, Syracuse University)" . Latinos. «Bernadette Marie Calafell provides an illuminating analysis of contemporary performative responses to displacement by U.S. Situated at the cross
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. Latina/o Communication Studies aims to challenge this split by creating a more complex and less Eurocentric understanding of rhetoric. This is the first book within the field of communication studies to map the terrain of Latina/o performance. Discussions – from Ricky Martin to Chicana feminist pilgrimages to issues of diaspora – co
in communication studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She received her Ph.D. The Author: Bernadette Marie Calafell is Assistant Professor in the Department of Human Communication Studies at the University of Denver. Previously, she was a faculty member at Syracuse University.