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Book Synopsis
Tamara Underiner draws on fieldwork with theatre groups in Chiapas, Tabasco, and Yucatán to observe the Maya peoples in the process of defining themselves through theatrical performance.

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"This is an exciting, highly original contribution to both Mayan studies and Mexican theatre studies. Each of the bodies of work examined is fascinating, extremely timely, and almost unstudied by scholars." Cynthia Steele, Professor of Comparative Literature, University of Washington

Table of Contents
  • Prologue: Incidents of Theatre in Chiapas, Tabasco, and Yucatán
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. Indigenous Bodies, Contested Texts
  • 2. "Más que una noticia . . . ": Mayan Theatre in Chiapas
  • 3. Transculturation in the Work of Laboratorio de Teatro Campesino e Indígena
  • 4. Theatre and Community on the Yucatán Peninsula
  • Epilogue: Routes and Returns
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

Contemporary Theatre in Mayan Mexico

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      Publisher: University of Texas Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/06/2004
      ISBN13: 9780292702509, 978-0292702509
      ISBN10: 0292702507

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Tamara Underiner draws on fieldwork with theatre groups in Chiapas, Tabasco, and Yucatán to observe the Maya peoples in the process of defining themselves through theatrical performance.

      Trade Review
      "This is an exciting, highly original contribution to both Mayan studies and Mexican theatre studies. Each of the bodies of work examined is fascinating, extremely timely, and almost unstudied by scholars." Cynthia Steele, Professor of Comparative Literature, University of Washington

      Table of Contents
      • Prologue: Incidents of Theatre in Chiapas, Tabasco, and Yucatán
      • Acknowledgments
      • Introduction
      • 1. Indigenous Bodies, Contested Texts
      • 2. "Más que una noticia . . . ": Mayan Theatre in Chiapas
      • 3. Transculturation in the Work of Laboratorio de Teatro Campesino e Indígena
      • 4. Theatre and Community on the Yucatán Peninsula
      • Epilogue: Routes and Returns
      • Notes
      • Bibliography
      • Index

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