Luis Valdez Early Works: Actos, Bernabe and Pensamiento Serpentino [Paperback]

Luis Valdez (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1558850031 | ISBN-13: 978-1558850033 | Publication Date: January 31, 1990

This collection is actually three books in one: 1) a collection of one-act plays by the famous farmwork theatre, El Teatro Campesino and its director, Luis Valdez, 2) one of the first fully realized, full-length plays by Valdez alone, and 3) an original narrative poem by Luis Valdez.

Product Details

• Paperback: 189 pages
• Publisher: Arte Publico Pr (January 31, 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1558850031
• ISBN-13: 978-1558850033
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.8 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #68,187 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Full of Life!, April 18, 2009

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Eliseo Lara (Central Valley, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Luis Valdez Early Works: Actos, Bernabe and Pensamiento Serpentino (Paperback)

The plays are reflective in countless ways! You learn something very new in a unique theatrical way about the Chicano Movement. Very profound in my sense and comical at the same time. Valdez goes pretty deep towards at the end as mush as he does at the opening of the book. I had fun reading this book for my Chicano theatre class this spring, and I hope everyone gets a chance to read and understand it to.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Outrageously funny, deeply humane, November 14, 2007

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J. Bolt (New York, Santa Monica, Back to New York) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Luis Valdez Early Works: Actos, Bernabe and Pensamiento Serpentino (Paperback)

As a teacher, the plays in Los Actos continue to be amongst the most effective literature for student participation and discussions about stereotypes, human rights, social struggle, and utopian thought.

Righteously funny, these plays were originally performed at the Delano Grape Fields and urged farmworkers to strike for fair pay and housing. Valdez worked closely with iconic Chicano leaders Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta.

Although the plays are written bilingually, the stage directions and dominantly English dialog make the play's themes easily accessible. I would urge all teachers interested in teaching about social justice to try these plays in class and urge readers in general to experience Los Actos. Readers will, hopefully, find them funny, moving, and educational. The plays help us understand a time and place, and non-Chicanos are introduced to important cultural themes and concepts, such as Atzlan.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Awsome, Luis Valedz "The Circle of The Sphere", December 8, 1998

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This review is from: Luis Valdez Early Works: Actos, Bernabe and Pensamiento Serpentino (Paperback)

This book tells you to never to judge a book by its cover. Also with "The Circle of the Sphere" when the pirest is talking to the people in a circle wre they're all safe. It's a really intresting book Spanish Americans. Luis Valdez "The Neo-Mayonist", believes that you should always keep an open mind. This book relfect his belief.