Theatre of the Borderlands - Conflict, Violence, and Healing

Theater of the Borderlands: Conflict, Violence, and Healing is an enlightening and encompassing study that focuses on how dramatists from the Northern Mexico border territories utilize theater as a means to present the US-Mexico Borderlands in a sociohistorical and political context.

List of contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS
EPIGRAPH
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 1. Invisible Journeys to the Land of the Free
CHAPTER 2. The Indigenous World: A Theatre of Resistance
CHAPTER 3. The Desert Voice that Clamors for Popular Saints and Miraculous Souls
CHAPTER 4. Narcoteatro: An Aesthetic of Fear
CHAPTER 5. The Ciudad Juárez Tragedy: Maquiladora Dreams and City Demons
CHAPTER 6. Tijuana: A Journey to Paradox
CONCLUSION
NOTES
INDEX
ABOUT THE AUTHOR

About the author

Iani Moreno is associate professor of Spanish and Portuguese at Suffolk University where she also directs university productions of contemporary Latin American plays.

Summary

Theater of the Borderlands: Conflict, Violence, and Healing is an enlightening and encompassing study that focuses on how dramatists from the Northern Mexico border territories utilize theater as a means to present the US-Mexico Borderlands in a sociohistorical and political context.

Product details

• Authors: Iani del Rosario Moreno, Jones
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2017
• EAN: 9781498518079
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-1807-9
• No. of pages: 310
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; USA, Mexico, Ethnic Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Caribbean & Latin American, Theatre Studies, Migration, immigration & emigration, United States of America, USA, Migration, immigration and emigration, Latin-American Spanish, Literary studies: plays & playwrights, Relating to Latin / Hispanic American people, Hispanic & Latino Studies, Literary studies: plays and playwrights, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / Hispanic & Latino, Relating to migrant groups / diaspora communities or peoples, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General