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Latin American Women Dramatists
. Ed(S): Larson, Catherine; Vargas, Margarita
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Description for Latin American Women Dramatists
paperback. Discusses 15 works of Latin-American playwrights. This book highlights the problems inherent in writing under politically repressive governments. It also illustrates through the writers' experiences that gender difference entails both loss and profit. Editor(s): Larson, Catherine; Vargas, Margarita. Num Pages: 304 pages, 1 index. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 1KLC; 1KLS; 2ADS; DSBH; DSG; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 22. Weight in Grams: 514.
"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
"This thoughtfully crafted book with its insightful and informative studies elucidates an overlooked, essential component of the Latin American literary canon." —Choice
Contributors discuss 15 works of Latin-American playwrights, delineate the artistic lives of women dramatists of the last half of the twentieth century—from countries as diverse as Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Puerto Rico, and Venezuela—and highlight the problems inherent in ... Read more
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Bloomington, IN, United States
ISBN
9780253212405
SKU
V9780253212405
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About . Ed(S): Larson, Catherine; Vargas, Margarita
Catherine Larson is an Associate professor of Spanish and Adjunct Associate Professor of Women's Studies at Indiana University in Bloomington. She is the author of Language and the Comedia: Theory and Practice and numerous articles on the theater of Golden Age Spain and twentieth-century Latin America, and she has co-edited Brave New Words: Studies in Spanish Golden Age Literature. Margarita ... Read more
Reviews for Latin American Women Dramatists
Reflecting the burgeoning interest in Hispanic women writers, this volume focuses on a group of writers who have only recently been accorded the attention they so richly deserve. The editors organize the essays under four broad thematic headings: Theatrical Self—Consciousness, Politics, History, and Feminist Positions. Though playwrights included range from the recognized—such as Gámbaro (Gambaro) and Garro—to lesser—known yet nonetheless ... Read more