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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
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