Games and play in the theater of Spanish American women / Catherine Larson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Larson, Catherine, 1950-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Spanish American drama--Women authors--History and criticism.

Spanish American drama.

Spanish American drama--20th century--History and criticism.

Women and literature--Latin America.

Women and literature.

Spanish American drama--Women authors.

Latin America.

Games in literature.

Physical Description:

216 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lewisburg : Bucknell University Press ; Cranbury, NJ : Associated University Presses, [2004]

Contents:

1. Introduction: Games, Play, and Theater 13

2. Ludic Theory: Games and Drama Criticism 25

3. Games in the Theater: Representation, Roleplaying, and the Search for Identity in Dramas by Elena Garro, Maritza Wilde, and Susana Torres Molina 39

4. Violent Games in Plays by Roma Mahieu, Mariela Romero, and Griselda Gambaro 76

5. Games and Gender Issues: Becoming Other in Dramas by Rosario Castellanos, Susana Torres Molina, and Diana Raznovich 95

6. Games and/in Spanish American Society in Plays by Myrna Casas, Griselda Gambaro, and Josefina Pla 117

7. Games and the Historical-Political Realities of Spanish America in Dramas by Griselda Gambaro, Jesusa Rodriguez, and Sabina Berman 133

8. Conclusions: Only a Game or More than a Game? 158.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 198-212) and index.

ISBN:

0838755690

OCLC:

53162702