{"product_id":"la-voz-latina-9780252085987","title":"La Voz Latina","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eElizabeth C. Ramirez and Catherine Casiano bring together a collection of plays and performance pieces by innovative Latina playwrights. Surveying Latina theatre in the United States from the 1980s to the twenty-first century, the editors present works displaying a variety of forms, themes, and genres, expanding the field of Latina theatre while situating it in the larger spectrum of American stage and performance studies. Ramirez and Casiano provide historical context and a production history for each work and a biography of, and artistic statement from, each playwright.  Contributors: Yareli Arizmendi, Josefina Baez, The Colorado Sisters, Migdalia Cruz, Evelina Fernandez, Cherrie Moraga, Carmen Pelaez, Carmen Rivera, Celia H. Rodriguez, Diane Rodriguez, and Milcha Sanchez-Scott. The volume also includes commentary by Kathy Perkins and Caridad Svich.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eLa Voz Latina\u003c\/i\u003e makes visible and accessible a panoply of performance texts that show the remarkable range and ability of Latina playwrights. It demonstrates the vibrant diversity, transnational influences, and high volume of activity in Latina theatre in both the past and present.\"--\u003ci\u003eTheatre Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A fine representation of the some of the most vital and important Latina playwrights writing and performing today. Publishing many plays for the first time, this significant collection will be of interest to students and scholars of theatre, Latina studies, and American studies.\"--Jorge Huerta, author of \u003ci\u003eChicano Drama: Performance, Society, and Myth\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Apart from the performance pieces themselves, the artists' comments about the circumstances under which the works were created makes the collection a very valuable tool for documenting Latina cultural production since the 1980s.\"--Tamara L. Underiner, author of \u003ci\u003eContemporary Theatre in Mayan Mexico: Death-Defying Acts\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments   ix\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: Latinas Take the Stage   1\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e1. CREATING A PERFORMANCE VOICE: THEMES OF FAMILY, RELIGION, AND COMMUNITY\u003c\/b\u003e   25\u003cbr\u003e 1. Milcha Sanchez-Scott's \u003ci\u003eRoosters\u003c\/i\u003e   31\u003cbr\u003e 2. Cherrie Moraga's \u003ci\u003eWaiting for Da God\u003c\/i\u003e   68\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eII. CHICANAS AND CHICANO TEATRO: STAGING IDENTITY\u003c\/b\u003e   87\u003cbr\u003e 3. Diane Rodriguez's \u003ci\u003eThe Path to Divadom, Or How to Make Fat-free Tamales in G Minor\u003c\/i\u003e   93\u003cbr\u003e 4. Yareli Arizmendi's \u003ci\u003eWho Buys Your Shoes?\u003c\/i\u003e   103\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIII. LA INDIGENA\/THE INDIGENOUS: STAGING MYTH\u003c\/b\u003e   119\u003cbr\u003e 5. Celia Herrera Rodriguez's \u003ci\u003eCositas Quebradas: Performance Codex\u003c\/i\u003e   125\u003cbr\u003e 6. The Colorado Sisters' \u003ci\u003eChicomoztoc: Mimixcoa-Cloud Serpent\u003c\/i\u003e   140\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIV. \"RACE MATTERS\"\u003c\/b\u003e   165\u003cbr\u003e 7. Josefina Baez's \u003ci\u003eDominicanish\u003c\/i\u003e   171\u003cbr\u003e 8. Evelina Fernandez's \u003ci\u003eLuminarias\u003c\/i\u003e   188\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eV. WHERE IS HOME AND HOW DO WE GET THERE?\u003c\/b\u003e   237\u003cbr\u003e 9. Carmen Pelaez's \u003ci\u003eEl Postre de Estrada Palma \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eMy Cuba\u003c\/i\u003e   239\u003cbr\u003e 10. Carmen Rivera's \u003ci\u003eLa Gringa\u003c\/i\u003e   254\u003cbr\u003e 11. Migdalia Cruz's \u003ci\u003eAnother Part of the House\u003c\/i\u003e   305\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eVI. COMMENTARY ON LATINA THEATRE IN THE UNITED STATES\u003c\/b\u003e   357\u003cbr\u003e 12. Contributions by Women of Color - Kathy Perkins   359\u003cbr\u003e 13. No Passport: Dreaming the Americas - Caridad Svich   362","brand":"University of Illinois Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400518967639,"sku":"9780252085987","price":21.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780252085987.jpg?v=1730470880","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/la-voz-latina-9780252085987","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}