Stages of life : transcultural performance and identity in U.S. Latina theater / Alberto Sandoval-Sánchez, Nancy Saporta Sternbach.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sandoval-Sánchez, Alberto, author.

Sternbach, Nancy Saporta, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hispanic American drama (Spanish)--History and criticism.

Hispanic American drama (Spanish).

One-person shows (Performing arts)--United States.

One-person shows (Performing arts).

Women in the theater--United States.

Women in the theater.

Hispanic American theater.

United States.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Tucson, Arizona : University of Arizona Press, [2001]

Summary:

Latina theater and solo performance emerged in the 1990s as vibrant, energetic new genres found on stages from New York to Los Angeles.Many women now work in all aspects of Latina theater--often as playwrights or solo performers--with practitioners ranging from teenagers to grandmothers.

Contents:

Rehearsing transculturation : a theory for U.S. Latina theater and solo performance

Setting the stage : un teatro de mujeres

Latina theater : stages of life

Theater matters : foundational feminist practices

The performance of their lives : a hybrid genre for transcultural identities

From molcajete to microwave : agency and empowerment in Chicana "dinner" theater

Homing the stage : staging the discourses of home in U.S. Latina theater.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [221]-252) and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Other Format:

Print version: Sandoval-Sánchez, Alberto Stages of Life

ISBN:

0-8165-5237-1

OCLC:

1368188451