Women Writing Women

An Anthology of Spanish-American Theater of the 1980s

AvTeresa Cajiao Salas,Margarita Vargas

Häftad, Engelska, 1997

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This first anthology in English dedicated exclusively to Spanish-American women playwrights includes eight plays by award-winning authors who have received national and international acclaim.While these playwrights articulate concerns similar to those of their male counterparts-social injustice, the question of identity, the role of art, the power of writing-their feminist perspectives offer a fresh view of Spanish America by challenging traditional male representations of women. While the plays humorously reveal the cultural and social politics of each country, they also examine seriously the absurdities of everyday life. The playwrights include Isidora Aguirre (Chile), Sabina Berman (Mexico), Myrna Casas (Puerto Rico), Teresa Marichal (Puerto Rico), Diana Raznovich (Argentina), Mariela Romero (Venezuela), Beatriz Seibel (Argentina), and Maruxa Vilalta (Mexico).

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Utgivningsdatum:1997-02-20
Mått:151 x 228 x 27 mm
Vikt:680 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:SUNY series in Latin American and Iberian Thought and Culture
Antal sidor:468
Förlag:State University of New York Press
ISBN:9780791432068

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Teresa Cajiao Salas is Emeritus Professor of Spanish, State University of New York, College at Buffalo. She is also the author of Temas y símbolas en la abra de Luis Alberto Heiremans; El teatro de hoy en Costa Rica (with Anita Herzfeld); and Asedios a la poesía de Nicomedes Santa Cruz (with Henry J. Richards). Margarita Vargas is Associate Professor in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, State University of New York at Buffalo. She is the co-translator (with Juan Bruce-Novoa) of The House on the Beach by Juan García Ponce.

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"I like the quality and scope of the translations. They are quite well done. They flow in English without losing essential aspects of the plays in the original language, and most importantly, would be stageworthy."This is a valuable addition to the relatively few existing anthologies of Latin American theatre (even fewer in print), and has the added benefit of concentrating on women playwrights who have frequently been absent from previous anthologies." — Adam Versenyi, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Innehållsförteckning

Preface Introduction by Margarita Vargas Altarpiece of YumbelIsidora Aguirre, Chile YankeeSabina Berman, Mexico The Great USkrainian CircusMyrna Casas, Puerto Rico Evening WalkTeresa Marichal Lugo, Puerto Rico Dial-a-MomDiana Raznovich, Argentina Waiting for the ItalianMariela Romero, Venezuela Seven Times EveBeatriz Seibel, Argentina A Woman, Two Men, and a GunshotMaruxa Vilalta, Mexico Trans. Kirsten Nigro Bibliography Index