On The Scene With Migration And Dictatorship: An Interdisciplinary Approach to the Work of Uruguayan Playwright Dino Armas - Softcover

Toletti, Gabriela Christie; Christie Jr., Charles C.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1548977314 ISBN 13: 9781548977313

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2018

Synopsis

This book includes works from Uruguayan playwright Dino Armas that deal with migration and dictatorship matters, as well as interpretive essays written by authors who specialize in Latin American literature, theater, psychology, and history. The compilation also includes two interviews with Armas. Examining this group of texts is a way to enter Dino Armas's world in order to inquire into local and universal human conflicts. Each work confronts us with human complexities that intertwine with social and historical realities to provide a profound and authentic commentary on migration and dictatorship issues. The book includes texts from the author that allude to or deal with the European migration to Uruguay during the 19th century and the beginnings of the 20th , and works that examine the realities of the more recent migrations from Uruguay towards Europe, Australia, and other destinations. The former happened mainly as a way to escape the horrors of war and poverty in Europe. The latter were due primarily to political issues (during the military dictatorship years: 1973-1985) and economic ones (especially in the 1980's, and as a consequence of the 2002 crisis).This book constitutes a shared stage of reflection, analysis, collaboration, and affection for the playwright Dino Armas, the Hispanic culture, and a universal multicultural heritage.

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About the Author

Dr. Gabriela Christie Toletti was born in Montevideo (Uruguay) as Gabriela Toletti Altieri. She is a professor of Spanish and academic director of Foreign Languages, Art, Theater and Communication Studies, Philosophy, and Religion at Tidewater Community College (Norfolk, Virginia, U.S.). She is also assistant professor of literature and world cultural studies at Old Dominion University (Norfolk, Virginia, U.S.). Previously she taught Spanish and literature at Wingate University (Wingate, North Carolina, U.S.), and English at the Alianza Cultural Uruguay-Estados Unidos (Montevideo, Uruguay). She has specialized in the areas of Latin American literature, Hispanic theater, world studies, psychology, pedagogy, academic program development, and Spanish and English teaching and translation. She graduated as Teacher of English as a Second Language from the Alianza Cultural Uruguay-Estados Unidos, as clinical psychologist from the University of the Republic (Montevideo, Uruguay), and with an MA and PhD in Latin American Literature from the State University of New York at Buffalo (Buffalo, New York, U.S.). She has been a speaker at literature conferences and she has been interviewed on TV and radio on issues of Hispanic heritage. She has written articles, has translated plays, and has been granted scholarships to carry out literary research. She has also dabbled in drawing. Among her articles, which deal mainly with issues of migration, oppression, dictatorship, cultural identity, and group dynamics, "El reencuentro de una familia del Río de la Plata" stands out and was included in a book on experiences of migration. She also authored the book Migration & Dictatorship on the Scene: An Approach to the Work of the Uruguayan Playwright Dino Armas. She resides in Norfolk (Virginia, U.S.) with her husband Charles Cody Christie, Jr. and their pets.

Edition details

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1548977314
• ISBN 13: 9781548977313
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Toletti Gabriela Christie
• Number of pages: 354