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Highlights
- Alina Troyano's one-woman shows, plays, and essays have astonished audiences and readers with their creativity, humor, and crackling political energy.
- Lambda Literary Awards (Drama/Theater) 2000 4th Winner
- About the Author: Alina Troyano is an Obie Award-winning performance artist, speaker, and screenwriter.
- 220 Pages
- Drama, American
- Series Name: Bluestreak
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Book Synopsis
Alina Troyano's one-woman shows, plays, and essays have astonished audiences and readers with their creativity, humor, and crackling political energy. I, Carmelita Tropicana offers the first comprehensive collection of her work, from "Memorias de la Revolución" (with Uzi Parnes) to "Your Kunst is Your Waffen" (with Ela Troyano).Review Quotes
This book makes you cry in one eye and laugh in the other. -John Leguizamo, author of Freak "The writing in this wonderful book is like café Cubano: rich, strong, satisfying." -Steve Buscemi "Dwellers of the Lower East Side have long known of the magic they call Carmelita Tropicana. Carmelita and her comrades-in-arms teach us that humor can have a subversive edge and that politicized performance can be hilarious. This book is a triumphantly tacky treasure trove of tropical delights." -José Esteban Muñoz, author of Disidentifications "The inimitable Carmelita Tropicana is one of the queer world's wonders: sexy, outrageous, and insightful, her performances transform rooms full of strangers into communities of lovers, friends, and admirers." -Jill Dolan, author of Presence and Desire "Laughter is Troyano's weapon, and she wields it expertly to send up stereotypes like the Latina spitfire and to push the limits of rigid identities. This long-awaited book will be a boon in any classroom studying performance, as well as in racially and gender-inflected queer and cultural studies." -Yvonne Yarbro-Bejarano, editor of Chicano Art: Resistance and Affirmation, 1965-1985 "I, Carmelita Tropicana brings together in print the amazing work of one of the most important performance artists of the Americas." -David Román, author of Acts of Intervention
About the Author
Alina Troyano is an Obie Award-winning performance artist, speaker, and screenwriter. Chon A. Noriega is editor of Urban Exile: Collected Writings of Harry Gamboa, Jr.Dimensions (Overall): 8.54 Inches (H) x 5.52 Inches (W) x .56 Inches (D)
Weight: .64 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 220
Genre: Drama
Sub-Genre: American
Series Title: Bluestreak
Publisher: Beacon Press
Format: Paperback
Author: Alina Troyano
Language: English
Street Date: February 15, 2000
TCIN: 88015370
UPC: 9780807066034
Item Number (DPCI): 247-05-1926
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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