Stages of Conflict A Critical Anthology of Latin American Theater and Performance

Name: Stages of Conflict A Critical Anthology of Latin American Theater and Performance
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ISBN: 9780472050277

ISBN-10: 0472050273

ISBN-13: 9780472050277

Edition: 2008

Authors: Diana Taylor, Sarah J. Townsend, Margaret Carson

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"An invaluable resource to teachers of Latin American theater, with texts that provide an accurate panorama of Latin American theater." ---Adam Versenyi, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Stages of Conflictbrings together a vast array of dramatic texts, ambitiously tracing the intersection of theater and social and political life in the Americas over the past five centuries. Including eighteen works faithfully translated into English, the collection moves from a sixteenth century Mayan dance-drama to a 2003 production by the first published indigenous playwright in Mexico. Historical pieces from the sixteenth century to the present highlight the encounter between indigenous…

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List price: $41.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Publication date: 9/15/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 344
Size: 7.00" wide x 10.00" long x 1.10" tall
Weight: 1.738
Language: English



Preface


Introduction


Rabinal Achi (Guatemala)


Final Judgment (Attributed to Andres de Olmos, Mexico)


The End of Atau Wallpa, a Tragedy (Version of Jesus Lara, Bolivia)


The Loa for the Auto Sacramental of The Divine Narcissus (Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, Mexico)


Los Comanches (United States/Mexico Border Region)


The Jealous Officer, or The Fearsome Slave Catcher (Luis Carlos Martins Pena, Brazil)


Juan Moreira (Eduardo Gutierrez and Jose Podesta, Argentina/Uruguay)


After Death (Luisa Capetillo, Puerto Rico)


The Candle King (Oswald de Andrade, Brazil)


Electra Garrigo (Virgilio Pinera, Cuba)


Night of the Assassins (Jose Triana, Cuba)


The Camp (Griselda Gambaro, Argentina)


Documents from Hell (Enrique Buenaventura, Colombia)


The Schoolteacher


The Twisted State


The Orgy


Personal Belongings (Diana Raznovich, Argentina)


Isabel Banished in Isabel (Juan Radrigan, Chile)


Denise Stoklos in Mary Stuart (Denise Stoklos, Brazil)


Adios Ayacucho (Novella by Julio Ortega, adapted for the theater by Miguel Rubio Zapata for Grupo Cultural Yuyachkani, Peru)


Manteca (Alberto Pedro Torriente, Cuba)


The Demon's Nun (Petrona de la Cruz Cruz and Isabel Juarez Espinosa, Mexico)