Latin American Women Dramatists
Theater, Texts, and Theories
Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, Central & South American, Nonfiction, Entertainment, Theatre, Performing Arts
| Author: | ISBN: | 9780253109057 | |
| Publisher: | Indiana University Press | Publication: | May 22, 1999 |
| Imprint: | Indiana University Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | |
| ISBN: | 9780253109057 |
| Publisher: | Indiana University Press |
| Publication: | May 22, 1999 |
| Imprint: | Indiana University Press |
| Language: | English |
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 writing under politically repressive governments.
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 writing under politically repressive governments.
