The Theater of Revisions in the Hispanic Caribbean

This book explores the textured process of rewriting and revising theatrical works in the Spanish-speaking Caribbean as both a material and metaphorical practice. Deftly tracing these themes through community theater groups, ancient Greek theater, religious traditions, and national historical events, Katherine Ford weaves script, performance and final product together with an eye to the social significance of revision. Ultimately, to rewrite and revise is to re-envision and re-imagine stage practices in the twentieth-century Hispanic Caribbean.

List of contents

1. Introduction: Considering Revisions.- 2. What's Old is New Again: Ancient Greek Theater Alive in the Spanish Caribbean.- 3. Returning to the Origins: The Use of Christianity in Spanish Caribbean Theater.- 4. Returning to the Past: The Use of History in Spanish Caribbean Theater.- 5. Re-Writing the Nation and the Self.

About the author

Katherine Ford is Associate Professor and Coordinator of Hispanic Studies and Faculty Fellow to the Honors College at East Carolina University, USA. Her research interests lie in twentieth-century Latin American Theater and Performance, Women’s studies and Latino/a Theater. She is author of Politics and Violence in Cuban and Argentine Theater (Palgrave Macmillan, 2010). Her work has been published in journals such as Hispanic Issues OnLine, Gestos, and the Latin American Theatre Review.

Summary

This book explores the textured process of rewriting and revising theatrical works in the Spanish-speaking Caribbean as both a material and metaphorical practice. Deftly tracing these themes through community theater groups, ancient Greek theater, religious traditions, and national historical events, Katherine Ford weaves script, performance and final product together with an eye to the social significance of revision. Ultimately, to rewrite and revise is to re-envision and re-imagine stage practices in the twentieth-century Hispanic Caribbean.

Product details

• Authors: Katherine Ford
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2017
• EAN: 9783319633800
• ISBN: 978-3-31-963380-0
• No. of pages: 219
• Dimensions: 154 mm x 20 mm x 216 mm
• Weight: 395 g
• Illustrations: IX, 219 p.
• Series: New Directions in Latino American Cultures; New Directions in Latino American Cultures
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Miscellaneous; B, Cultural Studies, Performing Arts, Political Science, Theatre Studies, Politics & government, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Politics and government, The Americas, Theatre and Performance Arts, Theater—History, Theatre History, Latin American Culture, Ethnology—Latin America, Latin America—Politics and government, South & Central America (including Mexico), Latin America, Latin American Politics, Relating to Latin / Hispanic American people, History of Performing Arts, Latino Culture