The Theater of Revisions in the Hispanic Caribbean

ISBN-13: 9783319633800 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 219 str.

Katherine Ford

Opis

This book explores the textured process of rewriting and revising theatrical works in the Spanish-speaking Caribbean as both a material and metaphorical practice.

Spis treści

1. Introduction: Considering Revisions

2. What’s Old is New Again: Ancient Greek Theater Alive in the Spanish Caribbean

3. Returning to the Origins: The Use of Christianity in Spanish Caribbean Theater

4. Returning to the Past: The Use of History in Spanish Caribbean Theater

5. Re-Writing the Nation and the Self

O autorze

Katherine Ford is Associate Professor and Coordinator of Hispanic Studies and Faculty Fellow to the Honors College at East Carolina University, USA. Her research interests lie in twentieth-century Latin American Theater and Performance, Women’s studies and Latino/a Theater. She is author of Politics and Violence in Cuban and Argentine Theater (Palgrave Macmillan, 2010). Her work has been published in journals such as Hispanic Issues OnLine, Gestos, and the Latin American Theatre Review.