Exploring Race, Ethnicity, Gender, and Sexuality in Four Spanish Plays - A Crisis of Identity

A Crisis of Identity explores the construction of identity and society's influence in four Spanish plays and discusses parallels to these works in popular culture. Through close reading and analysis covering race, ethnicity, gender, and sexuality, the author uncovers what lies behind the mask of each play's characters.

List of contents

Introduction
Chapter 1: Marvelous Illusions: The Issue of pureza de sangre and Ethnic Identity in El retablo de las maravillas
Chapter 2: A "Monstrous" Problem: Examining Issues of Race in Virtudes vencen señales
Chapter 3: Struggling with the Mask of Conformity: Desire and Sexual Identity in El público
Chapter 4: Living Beyond the Binary: Questioning Socially Accepted Gender Roles in La llamada de Lauren
Conclusion: Shifting Identities in Four Spanish Plays and Parallels in Modern Popular Culture

About the author

Beth Ann Bernstein is senior lecturer of Spanish in the department of world languages and literatures at Texas State University.

Summary

A Crisis of Identity explores the construction of identity and society’s influence in four Spanish plays and discusses parallels to these works in popular culture. Through close reading and analysis covering race, ethnicity, gender, and sexuality, the author uncovers what lies behind the mask of each play's characters.

Product details

• Authors: Beth Ann Bernstein
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2021
• EAN: 9781793620545
• ISBN: 978-1-79362-054-5
• No. of pages: 184
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / Spanish & Portuguese, Spanish, Literary studies: plays & playwrights, Literary studies: plays and playwrights, Spain;Spanish literature;Spanish theater;theater