Tentative transgressions : homosexuality, AIDS, and the theater in Brazil / Severino J. Albuquerque.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Albuquerque, Severino João Medeiros.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Brazilian drama--20th century--History and criticism.

Brazilian drama.

Homosexuality in literature.

AIDS (Disease) in literature.

Literature and society--Brazil.

Literature and society.

Brazil.

Physical Description:

xiii, 255 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, [2004]

Summary:

Starting at the beginning of the twentieth century, Albuquerque examines the way the Modernist movement both fueled and inhibited the use of gay imagery in Brazilian drama. This elegant and fluid study ultimately becomes an examination of a whole Latin society, and the ways in which Latin theatre has absorbed and reflected the culture's own changing sensibilities, that will intrigue anyone interested in Latin American culture, literature, or theater.

Contents:

Transgression, homosexuality, and the theater in Brazil

Modernist and neorealist backtracking

Beyond evasiveness

AIDS, subalternity, and the stage.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-232) and index.

ISBN:

0299189244

OCLC:

51900313