Puro Teatro, A Latina Anthology - Softcover

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9780816518272: Puro Teatro, A Latina Anthology

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ISBN 10: 0816518270 ISBN 13: 9780816518272

Publisher: University of Arizona Press, 1999

From plays produced on shoestring budgets in the 1970s to today's high-tech performance pieces, Latina theater has emerged as a vibrant art form whose time has come. This anthology showcases this dynamic new genre through the works of established playwrights such as Cherr�e Moraga and Dolores Prida as well as talented new playwrights and performers who have emerged in the past decade such as Migdalia Cruz, Elaine Romero, and Monica Palacios.

Puro Teatro, A Latina Anthology includes a variety of theatrical genres: plays, performance pieces, puppet shows, innovative collaborations, and testimonials. It features previously unpublished plays from a broad range of experiences within the Latino/a community, including families and home, friends and community building, coming of age and empowerment, and sexual and ethnic identities. The editors' introduction provides a comprehensive survey of contemporary Latina theater, placing it in its theatrical context and examining its divergent roots. Puro Teatro, A Latina Anthology is the first book of its kind to reflect in print a diversified body of writing that turns the spotlight on some of America's most talented and prolific artists. A subsequent volume will complement this anthology with a theoretical, critical reading of Latina theater and performance.

CONTENTSFull Length Plays
Bot�nica by Dolores Prida
Heart of the Earth: A Popul Vuh Story by Cherr�e Moraga
The Fat-Free Chicana and the Snow Cap Queen by Elaine Romero

One-act Plays
Las nuevas tamaleras by Alicia Mena
And Where Was Pancho Villa When You Really Needed Him? by Silviana Wood
Fuschia by Janis Astor del Valle

Performance Pieces
Nostalgia Maldita: 1-900-MEXICO : A StairMaster Piece by Yareli Arizmendi
Good Grief, Lolita by Wilma Bonet
A Roomful of Men by Amparo Garc�a Crow
Describe Your Work by Monica Palacios

Testimonials
"Battle Worn," by Laura Esparza
"Dancing with the Voice of Truth," by Mar�a Mar
"Searching for Sanctuaries: Cruising through Town in a Red Convertible," by Diane Rodr�guez
"Home, Desire, Memory: There Are No Borders Here," by Caridad Svich
"Tales of a South-of-the-Border/North-of-the-Stereotype Theatre Director, by Susana Tubert
"Catching the Next Play: The Joys and Perils of Playwriting," by Edit Villarreal

Full-Length Plays, Collaborative Works
Frida: The Story of Frida Kahlo by Migdalia Cruz and Hilary Blecher
Memorias de la revoluci�n by Carmelita Tropicana and Uzi Parnes

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About the Author:

Alberto Sandoval-Sanchez is Professor of Spanish at Mount Holyoke College and the author of Jos�, Can You See?: Latinos On and Off Broadway.

From Library Journal:

Sandoval-Sanchez (Spanish, Mount Holyoke Coll.) and Sternbach (Spanish and Portuguese, Smith Coll.) have captured the growing significance of Latina playwrights in this collection of plays, performance pieces, and "testimonios." Selected on the basis of literary merit, these varied pieces--by Janis Astor del Valle, Wilma Bonet, Migdalia Cruz, Monica Palacios, and Carmelita Tropicana--focus on race, gender, class, sexual identity, and the empowerment of an educated class of women. A number of these works have never been previously published. Successfully capturing the excitement and vitality of Latina theater, this collection is recommended for theater arts collections in public and university libraries.
-Howard E. Miller, MLS, St. Louis
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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