Zoot Suit and Other Plays

by Luis Valdez

Overview

Drama. Latino American Studies. Luis Valdez is a leading figure in Hispanic theater with outstanding achievements from a variety of venues from flatbed truck and conventional stages to the silver and small screens. With his many successes Valdez has remained a rebel and an innovator, as well as the re-creator of Hispanic traditions. This book contains three of the most important and critically acclaimed Valdez plays. "Zoot Suit" is a play that deals with the infamous "Pachuco Riots" in Los Angeles during World War II, Bandido! explores the life and legend of the nineteenth-century California social rebel Tiburcio Vasquez, and I Don't Have to Show You No Stinking Badges! explores media images of Hispanic through a staged recreation of the TV situation comedy genre.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781558850484
Publisher:	Arte Publico Press
Publication date:	01/01/1992
Series:	Latin-American Play Anthologies Series
Pages:	214
Sales rank:	218,967
Product dimensions:	6.52(w) x 6.88(h) x 0.63(d)
Lexile:	1240L (what's this?)
Age Range:	13 - 17 Years