University Press of America
Pages: 92
Trim: 6 x 9
978-0-7618-3929-3 • Paperback • March 2008 • $38.99 • (£30.00)
Theresa Carilli, Ph.D., is a Professor of Communication and Creative Arts at Purdue University Calumet. She has written two books of plays, Women as Lovers and Familial Circles, and co-edited two anthologies: Cultural Diversity and the U.S. Media and Women and the Media: Diverse Perspectives. Carilli has guest-edited Voices in Italian Americana and the Global Media Journal. She lives in Oak Park, Illinois.
Part 1 Acknowledgements
Part 2 The Great Hartford Circus Fire
Chapter 3 Introduction
Chapter 4 Performative Writing and the Primary Narrative
Chapter 5 Scripting Identity Using the Primary Narrative
Chapter 6 Adrienne Viramontes: I Had Been A White Reflection Script One: Deconstructing the Oreo
Chapter 7 Dave Fanno: The Pit! Script Two: The Coke Plant
Chapter 8 Jennifer Bianchi: I Was Terrified Script Three: A Letter to Sam
Chapter 9 Erin Okamoto Protsman: The Child, The Flower, and The Rifle Script Four: Excerpt from Without Due Process
Chapter 10 Ami Kleminski: Cross-dressing to Survive Script Five: I Am Not Contained between My Boots and My Hat
Chapter 11 William Boggs: What My Father Taught Me Script Six: June Bug's House and Photographs and Memories
Part 12 Afterword: Identity and Human Communication
Part 13 References
Part 14 About the Author