{"product_id":"holy-terrors-latin-american-women-perform-paperback","title":"Holy Terrors: Latin American Women Perform - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDiana Taylor\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eRoselyn Costantino\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHoly Terrors\u003c\/i\u003e presents exemplary original work by fourteen of Latin America's foremost contemporary women theatre and performance artists. Many of the pieces--including one-act plays, manifestos, and lyrics--appear in English for the first time. From Griselda Gambaro, Argentina's most widely recognized playwright, to such renowned performers as Brazil's Denise Stoklos and Mexico's Jesusa Rodríguez, these women are involved in some of Latin America's most important aesthetic and political movements. Of varied racial and ethnic backgrounds, they come from across Latin America--Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Chile, Colombia, Puerto Rico, Peru, and Cuba. This volume is generously illustrated with over seventy images. A number of the performance pieces are complemented by essays providing context and analysis.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe performance pieces in\u003ci\u003e Holy Terrors\u003c\/i\u003e are powerful testimonies to the artists' political and personal struggles. These women confront patriarchy, racism, and repressive government regimes and challenge brutality and corruption through a variety of artistic genres. Several have formed theatre collectives--among them FOMMA (a Mayan women's theatre company in Chiapas) and El Teatro de la máscara in Colombia. Some draw from cabaret and 'frivolous' theatre traditions to create intense and humorous performances that challenge church and state. Engaging in self-mutilation and abandoning traditional dress, others use their bodies as the platforms on which to stage their defiant critiques of injustice.\u003ci\u003e Holy Terrors\u003c\/i\u003e is a unique English-language presentation of some of Latin America's fiercest, most provocative art.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContributors\u003cbr\u003eSabina Berman\u003cbr\u003eTania Bruguera\u003cbr\u003ePetrona de la Cruz Cruz\u003cbr\u003eDiamela Eltit\u003cbr\u003eGriselda Gambaro\u003cbr\u003eAstrid Hadad\u003cbr\u003eTeresa Hernández\u003cbr\u003eRosa Luisa Márquez\u003cbr\u003eTeresa Ralli\u003cbr\u003eDiana Raznovich\u003cbr\u003eJesusa Rodríguez\u003cbr\u003eDenise Stoklos\u003cbr\u003eKatia Tirado\u003cbr\u003eEma Villanueva\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe editors have done a remarkable job in assembling an important group of women playwrights and performers whose work remains terribly under publicized. The work included in this volume provides an excellent introduction to the diverse ways Latin American women have used the performing arts to engage the particular political and cultural conditions under which they live.--David Roman, author of \"Acts of Intervention: Performance, Gay Culture, and AIDS\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDiana Taylor is Professor of Performance Studies and Spanish and Director of the Hemispheric Institute on Performance and Politics at New York University. Among her books are \u003ci\u003eThe Archive and the Repertoire: Cultural Memory and Performance in the Americas, Disappearing Acts: Spectacles of Gender and Nationalism in Argentina's \"Dirty War,\" \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eNegotiating Performance: Gender, Sexuality, and Theatricality in Latin\/o America, \u003c\/i\u003e all published by Duke University Press. Roselyn Costantino is Associate Professor of Spanish and Women's Studies at Pennsylvania State University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRoselyn Costantino is Associate Professor of Spanish and Women's Studies at Pennsylvania State University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 464\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.09 x 9.26 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 24, 2003\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47450077888690,"sku":"9780822332404","price":64.73,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/35bb6b6ddc28f81ce3d7ba3baca2b1b9.webp?v=1778779693","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/holy-terrors-latin-american-women-perform-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}