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Social Justice in Spanish Golden Age Theatre / ed. by Erin Cowling, Tania de Miguel Magro, Mina Garcia, Glenda Y. Nieto-Cuebas.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Toronto Iberic
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social history in literature.
- Social justice in literature.
- Spanish drama--Classical period, 1500-1700--History and criticism.
- Spanish drama.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (296 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2021]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- This collection of original new essays focuses on the many ways in which early modern Spanish plays engaged their audiences in a dialogue about abuse, injustice, and inequality. Far from the traditional monolithic view of theatrical works as tools for expanding ideology, these essays each recognize the power of theatre in reflecting on issues related to social justice. The first section of the book focuses on textual analysis, taking into account legal, feminist, and collective bargaining theory. The second section explores issues surrounding theatricality, performativity, and intellectual property laws through an analysis of contemporary adaptations. The final section reflects on social justice from the practitioners’ point of view, including actors and directors. Social Justice in Spanish Golden Age Theatre reveals how adaptations of classical theatre portray social justice and how throughout history the writing and staging of comedias has been at the service of a wide range of political agendas.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Photos
- Foreword: Theatre for Justice
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- PART ONE Readings of Comedias
- 1 The Poetics of Tragedy and Justice in Vélez de Guevara’s La serrana de la Vera
- 2 Utopian Divorce: El descasamentero by Salas Barbadillo
- 3 The Voice of the Voiceless: Towards Equality and Social Justice in Sor Juana’s El divino Narciso
- 4 Staging Strikes, Depicting Merchants, and the Morisco Problem in Valencia
- 5 Notes on An Ethics of Theatricality in Cervantes: El gallardo español and La Numancia
- 6 Using Shame and Guilt to Impose Social Injustice in Ana Caro’s El Conde Partinuplés
- PART TWO Adaptations
- 7 A Social Justice Framing of the Comedia: EFE TRES Teatro’s El príncipe ynocente Adaptation
- 8 Systemic Oppression in Morfeo Teatro’s Adaptation and Production of El coloquio de los perros
- 9 El Trato de Argel and the Immigrant Crisis
- 10 Chirinos and Chanfalla Go to America: Social Justice in Adaptations of El retablo de las maravillas
- 11 Social Networks, Social Justice, and the People’s Right to the Golden Age Canon: The SGAE or the Comedia Villain of the Digital Age?
- PART THREE Interviews
- 12 Ben Gunter (dramaturg and director), Theater with a Mission, Tallahassee, Florida
- 13 Harley Erdman (university professor, director, adapter, and translator of early modern theatre) and Gina Kaufmann (university professor, director), University of Massachusetts, Amherst
- 14 Sandra Arpa and Paula Rodríguez (founders, actors, and directors), Teatro Inverso, Spain
- 15 Fernando Villa Proal and Allan Flores (founders and directors), EFE TRES Teatro, Mexico City
- 16 Ian Borden (associate professor of theatre studies), Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film, University of Nebraska
- 17 Natalia Menéndez (director, actor, dramaturg), former director of Almagro Festival, Spain
- Bibliography
- Contributors
- Index
- Toronto Iberic
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Mai 2021)
- ISBN:
- 1-4875-3667-4
- OCLC:
- 1159434705
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