From the colonial period to independence and into the twenty-first century, Latin American culture has been mapped as a subordinate “other” to Europe and the United States. This collection reconsiders geographical space and power and the ways in which theatrical and performance histories have been constructed throughout the Americas. Essays bridge political, racial, gender, class, and national divides that have traditionally restricted and distorted our understanding of Latin American thea...

A History of Latinx Performing Arts in the U.S. provides a comprehensive overview of the development of the Latinx performing arts in what is now the U.S. since the sixteenth century.This book combines theories and philosophical thought developed in a wide spectrum of disciplines - such as anthropology, sociology, gender studies, feminism, and linguistics, among others - and productions’ reviews, historical context, and political implications. Split into two volumes, these...

A History of Latinx Performing Arts in the U.S. provides a comprehensive overview of the development of the Latinx performing arts in what is now the U.S. since the sixteenth century.This book combines theories and philosophical thought developed in a wide spectrum of disciplines—such as anthropology, sociology, gender studies, feminism, and linguistics, among others—and productions’ reviews, historical context, and political implications. Split into two volumes, these boo...

Es en las últimas décadas que el canon literario y cultural de las naciones latinoamericanas ha dejado de ser monológico o unilateral. En este sentido, no existe posiblemente otro país en la región en el que las culturas de origen africano, marginadas durante cuatrocientos años de opresión, hayan jugado un papel tan importante en la construcción de una identidad como es la cubana. La colección de ensayos aquí recopilados es un testimonio sin precedentes del alcance que las diversas manifes...