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This first anthology in English dedicated exclusively to Spanish-American women playwrights includes eight plays by award-winning authors who have received national and international acclaim. While these playwrights articulate concerns similar to those of their male counterparts - social injustice, the question of identity, the role of art, the power of writing - their feminist perspectives offer a fresh view of Spanish America by challenging traditional male representations of women. While the plays humorously reveal the cultural and social politics of each country, they also examine seriously the absurdities of everyday life. The playwrights include Isidora Aguirre (Chile), Sabina Berman (Mexico), Myrna Casas (Puerto Rico), Teresa Marichal (Puerto Rico), Diana Raznovich (Argentina), Mariela Romero (Venezuela), Beatriz Seibel (Argentina), and Maruxa Vilalta (Mexico).
About the author
Teresa Cajiao Salas is Emeritus Professor of Spanish, State University of New York, College at Buffalo. She is also the author of
Temas y símbolas en la abra de Luis Alberto Heiremans; El teatro de hoy en Costa Rica (with Anita Herzfeld); and
Asedios a la poesía de Nicomedes Santa Cruz (with Henry J. Richards).
Margarita Vargas is Associate Professor in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, State University of New York at Buffalo. She is the co-translator (with Juan Bruce-Novoa) of
The House on the Beach by Juan García Ponce.
