Borderlands Children’s Theatre

Dr. Cecilia Josephine Aragón is Professor of Theatre and Dance, and Latina/o Studies in the School of Culture, Gender, and Social Justice at the University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, USA. Aragón currently serves as Area Head of Theatre for Young Audiences/Theatre Education and Executive Director of Wyoming Latina Youth Center.

• AcknowledgementsDedicationForewordIntroduction Performing Mestizaje: Memory, Body, and Land A Note on the Structure of This BookChapter 1: An Overview of United States Children’s Theatre and the Western Concept of Childhood Understanding Children’s Theatre in the United States U.S. Children’s Theatre/TYA and the Convergence of Latina/o Theatre for Young Audiences (LTYA) Changing Cultural Conceptions of Children and Youth Chapter 2: Historical Context of Borderlands Children’s Theatre: An Overview of Traditional and Contemporary Chicana/o/Mexican-American Theatre Practices Pre-Columbian and Mesoamerican Rituals, Celebrations, and Roles of Children Southwest Hispanic Theatre 1821-1950 and Spanish-language theatre from the 1930s to the 1950s Chicana/o Movement 1960-1979: Theatre, Education, and Political Mobilization Emergence of Chicana/o Children’s Theatre and Latina/o Theatre for Young Audiences, 1960 to the Present Chapter 3: Theorizing a Border Crossing Subject/Self Border Theory Border Theory y Mujer Feminista Border Theory and Theatre Psycho/Social Theory: Ethnic Identity in the Borderlands Chapter 4: An Application of Border Theories and Psycho/Social Theory: Analysis of Chicana/o Drama for Children and YouthAlicia in Wonder Tierra (or I Can’t Eat Goat Head): Quest for Mestiza Consciousness Farolitos of Christmas: Generational BordersThe Highest Heaven: Beyond BordersNo saco nada de la escuela: Border Politics of EducationSimply María or The American Dream: Border-Crossing DreamerThe Drop Out: Borderline At-Risk StudentThe Border-Crossing Subject/Self and Ethnic Production Chapter 5: Borderlands Theatrical Legacies: Antecedents and the Future Writing for Chicana/o Children and Youth: Playwright’s Reflections Summary Conclusion: Advocacy for the Millennium and Expressing New Trends for Chicana/o/Mexican-American Young Audiences BibliographyIndex