The Routledge Companion to Latine Theatre and Performance
Noe Montez editor Olga Sanchez Saltveit editor
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
Published:29th Feb '24
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The Routledge Companion to Latine Theatre and Performance traces how manifestations of Latine self-determination in contemporary US theatre and performance practices affirm the value of Latine life in a theatrical culture that has a legacy of misrepresentation and erasure.
This collection draws on fifty interdisciplinary contributions written by some of the leading Latine theatre and performance scholars and practitioners in the United States to highlight evolving and recurring strategies of world making, activism, and resistance taken by Latine culture makers to gain political agency on and off the stage. The project reveals the continued growth of Latine theatre and performance through chapters covering but not limited to playwriting, casting practices, representation, training, wrestling with anti-Blackness and anti-Indigeneity, theatre for young audiences, community empowerment, and the market forces that govern the US theatre industry. This book enters conversations in performance studies, ethnic studies, American studies, and Latina/e/o/x studies by taking up performance scholar Diana Taylor’s call to consider the ways that “embodied and performed acts generate, record, and transmit knowledge.”
This collection is an essential resource for students, scholars, and theatremakers seeking to explore, understand, and advance the huge range and significance of Latine performance.
"The Routledge Companion to Latine Theatre and Performance is essential reading for those who desire to delve into the breadth and depth of Latine theatre and performance. This remarkable volume offers an abundant array of aesthetically and culturally diverse contributions from foundational, established and emerging voices in the field. May the global theatre community engage this significant archive and resource for years to come!"
Anne García-Romero, University of Notre Dame, USA
"Montez and Sanchez Saltveit’s masterfully-edited volume is a treasury of insights into contemporary Latine theatre. This collection of essays by scholars and artists is an intergenerational conversation about Latine theatrical practices that reflect on and refract contemporary debates about identity, politics and culture."
Patricia A. Ybarra, Brown University, USA
"This dynamic collection brings together the revelatory work of a wide array of Latine artists coupled by the historical, theoretical, and academic analysis of our best scholars. By celebrating the voice and of Latine artists and the insight of our best contemporary scholars, Dr. Sanchez Saltveit and Dr. Montez have created a vital gift for our field."
Karen Zacarías, Playwright and Core Founder, Latinx Theatre Commons, USA
ISBN: 9781032134888
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 1090g
472 pages