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Linda Saborio - Embodying Difference - 9781611474671 - V9781611474671
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Embodying Difference

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Description for Embodying Difference hardcover. Num Pages: 184 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AN; CBV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 162 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
Embodying Difference: Scripting Social Images of the Female Body in Latina Theatre explores contemporary theatrical productions by Latina dramatists in the United States and focuses on the effects that neoliberal politics, global market strategies, gender formation, and racial and ethnic marginalization have had on Latinas. Through the analysis of select plays by dramatists Nao Bustamante, Coco Fusco, Anne García-Romero, Josefina López, Cherríe Moraga, Linda Nieves-Powell, Dolores Prida, and Milcha Sánchez-Scott, Embodying Difference shows how the bodies of Latinas are represented on stage in order to create an image of Latina consolidation. The performances of a dynamic female body challenge assumptions ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
Number of Pages
184
Place of Publication
Cranbury, United States
ISBN
9781611474671
SKU
V9781611474671
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About Linda Saborio
Linda Saborío is assistant professor of Spanish at Northern Illinois University.

Reviews for Embodying Difference
Linking performance and theater studies, women's studies, and Chicana/Latina feminist theory, Saborío (Northern Illinois Univ.) examines the language and staged social images of the female body in diverse representations of Latina subjects in theater. She argues that Latina characters in the plays she discusses redefine the language and images used by the systems that oppress them "through a defiance of ... Read more

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