Embodying difference : scripting social images of the female body in Latina theatre / Linda Saborío.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Saborío, Linda, 1969-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hispanic American theater.

Latin American drama--History and criticism.

Latin American drama.

Hispanic American women in literature.

Latin Americans in literature.

Gender identity in literature.

Human body in literature.

Physical Description:

xxxvii, 157 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Madison [N.J.] : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press ; Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, [2012]

Summary:

Embodying Difference: Scripting Social Images of the Female Body in Latina Theatre explores contemporary theatrical productions by Latina dramatists in the United States and focuses on the effects that neoliberal politics, global market strategies, gender formation, and racial and ethnic marginalization have had on Latinas. Through the analysis of select plays by dramatists Nao Bustamante, Coco Fusco, Anne Garcia-Romero, Josefina López, Cherríe Moraga, Linda Nieves-Powell, Dolores Prida, and Milcha Sánchez-Scott, Embodying Difference shows how the bodies of Latinas are represented on state in order to create an image of Latina consolidation. The performances of a dynamic female body challenge assumptions about ethno-racial expressions, exoticized "otherness," and political correctness as this book explore often uneasy sites of representations of the body including phenotype, sexuality, obesity, and the body as a political marker. Drawing on the theoretical framework of difference, including differing gender voices, performances, and performative acts, Embodying Difference examines social images of the Latina body as a means of understanding and rearticulating Latina subjectivity through on expression of difference. By means of a gradual realization ad self-acclamation of their own images, Latinas can learn to embody notions of self that embrace their curvaceous, sexualized, and oversized bodies that have historically been marked and marketed by their "brownness." Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Parodying Otherness: Beauty Contests, Beauty Myths, Beautiful Senoritas 1

2 Role Playing Latinidad: Engaging the Female Body in Diverse Identities 19

3 Staging a Chicana and Latina Body Politic 47

4 Marketing Difference: The "Other" Female Consumer 67

5 Latina Bodies in a Global Market 81

6 Reclaiming Religion: Milagros and the Sexual Objectification of Latinas 105

Final Curtain: The Exposure of Latina Bodies 141.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781611474671

1611474671

9781611474688

161147468X

OCLC:

752069646