G\u00f3mez-Pe\u00f1a Unplugged <\/i>is an anthology of recent and rewritten classic writings from Guillermo G\u00f3mez-Pe\u00f1a, a figure who stands alone as unique and ground-breaking in the history of performance art and as the artistic director of transdisciplinary performance troupe La Pocha Nostra.<\/p>\n
Throughout this collection, G\u00f3mez-Pe\u00f1a tackles literature, theory, pedagogy, activism and live art in an eclectic mix that demonstrates how the process of writing is simultaneously a performative exercise in embodied language. The writing stands as a call for action, utilizing what G\u00f3mez-Pe\u00f1a terms \u201cimaginary activism\u201d and \u201cradical citizenship\u201d; it invites the reader to embrace a borderless, polygendered, crossgenerational and race-literate ethos. This timely anthology comes straight from the heart of a troubled Trump-era United States and a crime cartel\u2013ridden Mexico. Artists and writers are prompted to engage in radical performance pedagogy within the civic realm and to think of themselves as public intellectuals and \u201cartivists\u201d participating in the great debates of our times.<\/p>\n
By encouraging emerging artists and writers to wildly imagine their practice beyond the normative art world and academia, this book is a fundamental read for scholars and students of performance art, political theatre, cultural studies, literature, poetry, activism and race and gender politics.<\/p>\n
Table of contents: Introductory Texts; 1 Performance Art vs. The “Art World”; 2 Highly Personal Writings; 3 Imaginary Activism; 4 Touring in Times of War and\/or Performing Against Racism; 5 On Gentrification and Other Forms of Ethnic Cleansing; 6 Identity Politics Gone Wrong; 7 On the Politics of Language; 8 Philosophical Tantrums; 9 Ending of Book.<\/p>\n
Contributors: Guillermo G\u00f3mez-Pe\u00f1a,\u00a0Emma Tramposch, Balitr\u00f3nica G\u00f3mez, Elaine A. Pe\u00f1a & William Stark.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
AUTHOR:<\/strong> Guillermo G\u00f3mez-Pe\u00f1a SOFTCOVER:<\/strong>\u00a0364 pages
\nPUBLISHER:<\/strong>\u00a0Routledge (2020)<\/p>\n
\nLANGUAGE:<\/strong> English
\nISBN13:<\/strong> 978-0-367-21925-3<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":32634,"template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[143,135,226,281,147,152,199,148,222],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-32637","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-gender-studies-en","product_cat-english-en","product_cat-anthologies-en","product_cat-anthropology","product_cat-cultural-identity-en","product_cat-performance-en","product_cat-poetry-en","product_cat-politics-en","product_cat-social-studies-en","first","instock","taxable","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"yoast_head":"\n