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Author:

Gibb, Andrew, 1969- author.

Title:

Californios, Anglos, and the performance of oligarchy in the U.S. West : how the first generation of Mexican Americans fashioned a new nation / Andrew Gibb.

Publisher:

Southern Illinois University Press,

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

xiii, 248 pages ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Power (Social sciences)--California--History--19th century.
Social structure--California--History--19th century.
California--Social life and customs--19th century.
California--Mexican influences.--Mexican influences.

Notes:

Subtitle taken from cover. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Dramaturgical notes 1 -- Curtain raiser -- The angels -- Collaborations -- A question of casting -- Dress rehearsal.

Summary:

"This interdisciplinary study, drawing from performance studies, theatre historiography, and New Western History, considers the social organization of Mexican California and identifies how characteristic oligarchic power relations were not only the result of unique historical conditions but were also constituted and perpetuated through performance"-- Provided by publisher.

Series:

Theater in the Americas

ISBN:

0809336472
9780809336470

OCLC:

(OCoLC)989049507

LCCN:

2017039607

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)