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The Nuyorican Poets Café has for the past forty years provided a space for multicultural artistic expression and a platform for the articulation of Puerto Rican and black cultural politics. The Café's performances--poetry, music, hip hop, comedy, and drama--have been studied in detail, but until now, little attention has been paid to the voices of its women artists. Through archival research and interview, Nuyorican Feminist Performance examines the contributions of 1970s and '80s performeras and how they challenged the Café's gender politics. It also looks at recent artists who have built on that foundation with hip hop performances that speak to contemporary audiences. The book spotlights the work of foundational artists such as Sandra María Esteves, Martita Morales, Luz Rodríguez, and Amina Muñoz, before turning to contemporary artists La Bruja, Mariposa, Aya de León, and Nilaja Sun, who infuse their poetry and solo pieces with both Nuyorican and hip hop aesthetics.
Poets, Puerto Rican --- Puerto Rican poetry --- Puerto Rican women --- American drama --- Women dramatists, American --- Puerto Rican authors. --- Nuyorican Poets Cafe.
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America has gone Hamilton crazy. Lin-Manuel Miranda's Tony-winning musical has spawned sold-out performances, a triple platinum cast album, and a score so catchy that it is being used to teach U.S. history in classrooms across the country. But just how historically accurate is Hamilton? And how is the show itself making history? Historians on Hamilton brings together a collection of top scholars to explain the Hamilton phenomenon and explore what it might mean for our understanding of America's history. The contributors examine what the musical got right, what it got wrong, and why it matters. Does Hamilton's hip-hop take on the Founding Fathers misrepresent our nation's past, or does it offer a bold positive vision for our nation's future? Can a musical so unabashedly contemporary and deliberately anachronistic still communicate historical truths about American culture and politics? And is Hamilton as revolutionary as its creators and many commentators claim? Perfect for students, teachers, theatre fans, hip-hop heads, and history buffs alike, these short and lively essays examine why Hamilton became an Obama-era sensation and consider its continued relevance in the age of Trump. Whether you are a fan or a skeptic, you will come away from this collection with a new appreciation for the meaning and importance of the Hamilton phenomenon.
Alexander Hamilton. --- Hamilaria. --- Hamilton. --- Lin-Manuel Miranda. --- broadway. --- hip hop. --- hip-hop. --- history. --- musical. --- rap. --- theater. --- HISTORY / General. --- Miranda, Lin-Manuel, --- Hamilton, Alexander, --- Camillus, --- No Jacobin, --- Pacificus, --- Philo Camillus, --- Phocion, --- Han-mi-erh-teng, Ya-li-shan-ta, --- Gamilʹton, Aleksandr, --- Hamilton, Aleksander, --- Hamilton, A. --- Khamiltŭn, Aleksandŭr, --- Crassus, Lucius, --- Americanus, --- Chernow, Ron. --- Drama --- History as a science --- Miranda, Lin-Manuel
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