Memory, Allegory, and Testimony in South American Theater: Upstaging Dictatorshi

Description: Memory, Allegory, and Testimony in South American Theater by Ana Elena Puga In this timely study, Puga compares contemporary Southern Cone playwrights and their aesthetic strategies for subverting ideologies of dictatorship; in the process, she traces the shaping of a resistant identity in memory, its direct expression in testimony, and its indirect elaboration in two different kinds of allegory. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Memory, Allegory, and Testimony in South American Theater traces the shaping of a resistant identity in memory, its direct expression in testimony, and its indirect elaboration in two different kinds of allegory. Each chapter focuses on one contemporary playwright (or one collaborative team, in the case of Brazil) from each of four Southern Cone countries and compares the playwrights aesthetic strategies for subverting ideologies of dictatorship: Carlos Manuel Varela (memory in Uruguay), Juan Radrigán (testimony in Chile), Augusto Boal and his co-author Gianfrancesco Guarnieri (historical allegory in Brazil), Griselda Gambaro (abstract allegory in Argentina). Back Cover Memory, Allegory, Testimony in South American Theater traces the shaping of a resistant identity in memory, its direct expression in testimony, and it indirect elaboration in two different kinds of allegory. Each chapter focuses one contemporary playwright (or one collaborative team, in the case of Brazil) from each of four Southern Cone countries and compares the playwrights aesthetic strategies for subverting ideologies of dictatorship: Carlos Manuel Varela (memory in Uruguay), Juan Radrig Author Biography Ana Elena Puga teachs in the Department of Theatre at Northwestern University and recently published an anthology of translations of works by the Chilean playwright Juan Radrigán, Finished from the Start and Other Plays. Table of Contents List of FiguresAcknowledgmentsIntroductionChapter One: Carlos Manuel Varela and the Duty to RememberChapter Two: Boal and Guarnieri: Historical Allegory and the Duty to InspireChapter Three: Griselda Gambaro: Abstract Allegory and the Duty to Conceal Chapter Four: Juan Radrigán and the Duty to TellEpilogue NotesBibliographyIndex Review Surveying recent productions of the plays in Italy, Argentina, Chile and the US, she persuasively demonstrates how culturally aware theatre practitioners imaginatively avoid folkloric and dehistoricized productions, and instead challenge non-Latin American audiences to think more politically about this region -- Theatre Research International In addition to the wealth of details that emerge from close reading, the specific performance details that emerge from her individual interviews are especially valuable -- Jon D. Rossini, Contemporary Theatre Review Review Quote Surveying recent productions of the plays in Italy, Argentina, Chile and the US, she persuasively demonstrates how culturally aware theatre practitioners imaginatively avoid folkloric and dehistoricized productions, and instead challenge non-Latin American audiences to think more politically about this region Theatre Research International In addition to the wealth of details that emerge from close reading, the specific performance details that emerge from her individual interviews are especially valuable Jon D. Rossini, Contemporary Theatre Review Details ISBN041596119X Short Title MEMORY TESTIMONY & ALLEGORY IN Language English ISBN-10 041596119X ISBN-13 9780415961196 Media Book Format Hardcover Series Number 8 Year 2008 Imprint Routledge Subtitle Upstaging Dictatorship Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Edition 1st DOI 10.1604/9780415961196 AU Release Date 2008-04-28 NZ Release Date 2008-04-28 UK Release Date 2008-04-28 Author Ana Elena Puga Pages 296 Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd Series Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies Publication Date 2008-04-28 Alternative 9780415537520 DEWEY 792.0980904 Illustrations 30 Illustrations, black and white Audience Tertiary & Higher Education We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:159419754;

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