[PDF] Latin American Women Dramatists eBook

Author : Catherine Larson
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 31,51 MB
Release : 1999-05-22
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0253109051

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“This thoughtfully crafted . . . insightful and informative [anthology] elucidates an overlooked, essential component of the Latin American literary canon” (Choice). Latin American Women Dramatists sheds much-needed light on the significant contributions made by these pioneering authors during the last half of the twentieth century. Contributors discuss fifteen works of Latin-American playwrights, delineate the artistic lives of women dramatists from countries as diverse as Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Puerto Rico, and Venezuela. Looking at these writers and their work from political, historical, and feminist perspectives, this anthology also underscores the problems inherent in writing under repressive governments. “The book highlights the many possibilities of the innovative work of these dramatists, and this will, it is to be hoped, help the editors to achieve one of their other key goals: productions of the plays in English.” —Times Literary Supplement, UK

Author : Margo Milleret
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 29,54 MB
Release : 2012-02-16
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0791484416

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While a feminine perspective has become more common on Latin American stages since the late 1960s, few of the women dramatists who have contributed to this new viewpoint have received scholarly attention. Latin American Women On/In Stages examines twenty-four plays written by women living in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Mexico, Puerto Rico, and Venezuela. While all of the plays critique the restraints placed on being female, several also offer alternatives that emphasize a broader and healthier range of options. Margo Milleret, using an innovative comparative and thematic approach, highlights similarities in the techniques and formats employed by female playwrights as they challenged both theatrical and social conventions. She argues that these representations of women's lives are important for their creativity and their insights into both the personal and public worlds of Latin America.

Author : Linda Feyder
Publisher : Arte Publico Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 15,87 MB
Release : 1992-01-01
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781611922844

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Cherr’e Moraga, Migdalia Cruz, Caridad Svich, Josefina Lopez , Edit Villarreal and Diana S‡ena are in the vanguard of contemporary Hispanic women playwrights in the United States. The voices of three generations of Hispanic women are heard in these plays as the women explore their bicultural heritage, articulating what it means to be a Hispanic woman and, in essence, shattering the myths that have been associated with that heritage. The plays of Shattering the Myth illuminate a feminine language rich with texture and character, a language that has far too long been hidden from this countryÕs cultural tapestry. Opening the anthology is an introduction by Linda Feyder which provides background on the playwrights and their works. The plays in the collection were chosen by noted playwright and novelist Denise Ch‡vez.

Author : Diana Taylor
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 26,98 MB
Release : 2003-12-24
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780822332404

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DIVTranslations of texts by important Latin American women playwrights, and performance artists, together with essays about their work./div

Author : Alicia Arrizón
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 27,77 MB
Release : 1999
Category : History
ISBN : 9780253335081

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"Latina Performance is a densely theorized treatment of rich materials." --MultiCultural Review "Arrizón's important book revolves around the complex issues of identity formation and power relations for US women performers of Latin American descent." --Choice Latina Performance examines the Latina subject whose work as dramatist, actress, theorist, and/or critic further defines the field of theater and performance in the United States. Alicia Arrizón looks at the cultural politics that flows from the intersection of gender, ethnicity, race, class, and sexuality.

Author : Teresa Cajiao Salas
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 30,69 MB
Release : 1997-02-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780791432068

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"Translations of eight plays by acclaimed women playwrights: Isidora Aguirre (Chile), Sabina Berman (Mexico), Myrna Casas (Puerto Rico), Teresa Marichal (Puerto Rico), Diana Raznovich (Argentina), Mariela Romero (Venezuela), Beatriz Seibel (Argentina), an

Author : Anne García-Romero
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 33,85 MB
Release : 2016-03-24
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0816531447

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A key way to view Latina plays today is through the foundational frame of playwright and teacher, Maria Irene Fornes, who has transformed American theatre. Considering Fornes's legacy, Anne García-Romero shows how five award-winning playwrights continue to contest and complicate Latina theatre.