| Zoot Suit: A Bilingual Edition Bilingual Edition Contributor(s): Valdez, Luis (Author), Ochoa, Edna (Translator) |
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ISBN: 1558854398 ISBN-13: 9781558854390 Publisher: Arte Publico Press OUR PRICE: $12.56 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2005 Annotation: A group of Mexican-Americans are sent to San Quentin unjustly for the death of a man at Sleepy Lagoon. Based on the actual case and zoot suit riots of 1940's Los Angeles. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Drama | American - General |
| Dewey: 812.54 |
| LCCN: 2004052343 |
| Physical Information: 0.55" H x 5.94" W x 8.56" (0.56 lbs) 169 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Drama. Latino/Latina Studies. This bilingual edition combines the original English-language version with the first-ever Spanish translation of the critically acclaimed play by Luis Valdez, a work that cracked open the depiction of Chicanos on the stage, challenging viewers to revisit a troubled moment in our nation's history. From the moment the myth-infused character El Pachuco burst onto the stage, literally cutting his way through the drop curtain with a switchblade, Valdez spurred a revolution in Chicano theater. Experimenting with brash forms of narration, pop culture of the war era, and complex characterizations, this quintessential exploration of the Mexican-American experience in the United States during the 1940s was the first, and only, Chicano play to open on Broadway. |