Theatre of the Borderlands
Conflict, Violence, and Healing
Seiten
2015
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-0-7391-6866-0 (ISBN)
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-0-7391-6866-0 (ISBN)
Theatre of the Borderlands: Conflict, Violence, and Healing is an enlightening and encompassing study that focuses on how dramatists from the Northern Mexico border territories utilize theater as a means to present the US-Mexico Borderlands in a sociohistorical and political context.
Theatre of the Borderlands: Conflict, Violence, and Healing is an enlightening and encompassing study that focuses on how dramatists from the Northern Mexico border territories write about theater. The plays analyzed in this study are representative of the most important Northern Border playwrights whose plays’ themes present the US-Mexico Borderlands in a socio-historical and political context. The most important themes observed include topics that engage in discussions of: the indigenous, Border crossings, heroes and folk saints, the city of Tijuana, and violence in the Borderlands, to name a few.
These themes have led to the birth of the Teatro del Norte movement, a group of determined playwrights insistent on presenting dramaturgical themes that show the bond between their particular geographies, histories, socio-political and economic situations, thereby giving birth to an original voice and new aesthetic of representation.
Dealing with the topics already mentioned, and pairing them with more timely ones like immigration reform, namely, this study can serve as an invaluable resource to many interdisciplinary academic settings, and can grant an eye-opening insight to Border relations through several critical readings.
Theatre of the Borderlands: Conflict, Violence, and Healing is an enlightening and encompassing study that focuses on how dramatists from the Northern Mexico border territories write about theater. The plays analyzed in this study are representative of the most important Northern Border playwrights whose plays’ themes present the US-Mexico Borderlands in a socio-historical and political context. The most important themes observed include topics that engage in discussions of: the indigenous, Border crossings, heroes and folk saints, the city of Tijuana, and violence in the Borderlands, to name a few.
These themes have led to the birth of the Teatro del Norte movement, a group of determined playwrights insistent on presenting dramaturgical themes that show the bond between their particular geographies, histories, socio-political and economic situations, thereby giving birth to an original voice and new aesthetic of representation.
Dealing with the topics already mentioned, and pairing them with more timely ones like immigration reform, namely, this study can serve as an invaluable resource to many interdisciplinary academic settings, and can grant an eye-opening insight to Border relations through several critical readings.
Iani Moreno is associate professor of Spanish and Portuguese at Suffolk University where she also directs university productions of contemporary Latin American plays.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
EPIGRAPH
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 1. Invisible Journeys to the Land of the Free
CHAPTER 2. The Indigenous World: A Theatre of Resistance
CHAPTER 3. The Desert Voice that Clamors for Popular Saints and Miraculous Souls
CHAPTER 4. Narcoteatro: An Aesthetic of Fear
CHAPTER 5. The Ciudad Juárez Tragedy: Maquiladora Dreams and City Demons
CHAPTER 6. Tijuana: A Journey to Paradox
CONCLUSION
NOTES
INDEX
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Verlagsort | Lanham, MD |
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Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 157 x 234 mm |
Gewicht | 585 g |
Themenwelt | Literatur ► Lyrik / Dramatik ► Dramatik / Theater |
Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
ISBN-10 | 0-7391-6866-5 / 0739168665 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-7391-6866-0 / 9780739168660 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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