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.

Acknowledgements

Dedication

Foreword

Introduction

• Performing Mestizaje: Memory, Body, and Land
• A Note on the Structure of This Book

Chapter 1: An Overview of United States Children's Theatre and the Western Concept of Childhood

1. Understanding Children's Theatre in the United States
2. U.S. Children's Theatre/TYA and the Convergence of Latina/o Theatre for Young Audiences (LTYA)
3. 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

1. Pre-Columbian and Mesoamerican Rituals, Celebrations, and Roles of Children
2. Southwest Hispanic Theatre 1821-1950 and Spanish-language theatre from the 1930s to the 1950s
3. Chicana/o Movement 1960-1979: Theatre, Education, and Political Mobilization
4. 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

1. Border Theory
2. Border Theory y Mujer Feminista
3. Border Theory and Theatre
4. 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 Youth

1. Alicia in Wonder Tierra (or I Can't Eat Goat Head): Quest for Mestiza Consciousness
2. Farolitos of Christmas: Generational Borders
3. The Highest Heaven: Beyond Borders
4. No saco nada de la escuela: Border Politics of Education
5. Simply María or The American Dream: Border-Crossing Dreamer
6. The Drop Out: Borderline At-Risk Student
7. The Border-Crossing Subject/Self and Ethnic Production

Chapter 5: Borderlands Theatrical Legacies: Antecedents and the Future

1. Writing for Chicana/o Children and Youth: Playwright's Reflections
2. Summary
3. Conclusion: Advocacy for the Millennium and Expressing New Trends for Chicana/o/Mexican-American Young Audiences

Bibliography

Index