La voz Latina : contemporary plays and performance pieces by Latinas / edited by Elizabeth C. Ramírez and Catherine Casiano.
Ramírez, Elizabeth C., 1949-; Casiano, Catherine.
2011
PS508.H57 V69 2011 (Mapit)
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Title
La voz Latina : contemporary plays and performance pieces by Latinas / edited by Elizabeth C. Ramírez and Catherine Casiano.
ISBN
9780252036224 (alk. paper)
0252036220 (alk. paper)
Publication Details
Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2011.
Language
English
Description
x, 365 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Call Number
PS508.H57 V69 2011
Dewey Decimal Classification
812/.609928708968
Summary
Surveying the Latina theatre movement in the United States since the 1980s, "La Voz Latina" brings together contemporary plays and performance pieces by innovative Latina playwrights. This rich collection of varying styles, forms, themes, and genres includes work by Yareli Arizmendi, Josefina Baez, The Colorado Sisters, Migdalia Cruz, Evelina Fernandez, Cherrie Moraga, Carmen Pelaez, Carmen Rivera, Celia H. Rodriguez, Diane Rodriguez, and Milcha Sanchez-Scott, as well as commentary by Kathy Perkins and Caridad Svich on the present state of Latinas in theatre roles. "La Voz Latina" expands the field of Latina theatre while situating it in the larger spectrum of American stage and performance studies. In highlighting the ethnic and cultural roots of the performance artists, Elizabeth C. Ramirez and Catherine Casiano provide historical context as well as a short biography, production history, and artistic statement from each playwright.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references.
Added Author
Ramírez, Elizabeth C., 1949-
Casiano, Catherine.
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Introduction : Latinas take the stage
Creating a performance voice : themes of family, religion, and community. Milcha Sanchez-Scott's Roosters
Cherríe L. Moraga's Waiting for da God
Chicanas and Chicano teatro : staging identity. Diana Rodríguez's The path to divadom or how to make fat tamales in G minor
Yareli Arizmendi's Who buys your shoes?
La indigena/the indigenous : staging myth. Celia H. Rodríguez's Cositas quebradas : performance codex
The Colorado sisters' Chicomoztoc : Mimixcoa-Cloud Serpent
"Race matters". Josefina Báez's Dominicanish
Evelina Fernández's Luminarias
Where is home and how do we get there? Carmen Peláez's My Cuba and El postre de estrada palma
Carmen Rivera's La gringa
Migdalia Cruz's Another part of the house
Commentary on Latina theater in the United States. Contributions by women of color / Kathy Perkins
No passport : dreaming the Americas / Caridad Svich.

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