Holy Terrors - Latin American Women Perform (Paperback, New)

Holy Terrors presents exemplary original work by fourteen of Latin America's foremost contemporary women theatre and performance artists. Many of the pieces-including one-act plays, manifestos, and lyrics-appear in English for the first time. From Griselda Gambaro, Argentina's most widely recognized playwright, to such renowned performers as Brazil's Denise Stoklos and Mexico's Jesusa Rodriguez, these women are involved in some of Latin America's most important aesthetic and political movements. Of varied racial and ethnic backgrounds, they come from across Latin America-Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Chile, Colombia, Puerto Rico, Peru, and Cuba. This volume is generously illustrated with over seventy images. A number of the performance pieces are complemented by essays providing context and analysis.The performance pieces in Holy Terrors are powerful testimonies to the artists' political and personal struggles. These women confront patriarchy, racism, and repressive government regimes and challenge brutality and corruption through a variety of artistic genres. Several have formed theatre collectives-among them FOMMA (a Mayan women's theatre company in Chiapas) and El Teatro de la mascara in Colombia. Some draw from cabaret and 'frivolous' theatre traditions to create intense and humorous performances that challenge church and state. Engaging in self-mutilation and abandoning traditional dress, others use their bodies as the platforms on which to stage their defiant critiques of injustice. Holy Terrors is a unique English-language presentation of some of Latin America's fiercest, most provocative art. Contributors Sabina Berman Tania Bruguera Petrona de la Cruz Cruz Diamela Eltit Griselda Gambaro Astrid Hadad Teresa Hernandez Rosa Luisa Marquez Teresa Ralli Diana Raznovich Jesusa Rodriguez Denise Stoklos Katia Tirado Ema Villanueva

General

Imprint:	Duke University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	December 2003
First published:	December 2003
Editors:	Diana Taylor • Roselyn Costantino
Dimensions:	235 x 152 x 31mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	464
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-8223-3240-4
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > General Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Drama texts, plays > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > General
LSN:	0-8223-3240-X
Barcode:	9780822332404

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