{"product_id":"performance-trauma-and-puerto-rico-in-musical-theatre-9781032251950","title":"Performance Trauma and Puerto Rico in Musical","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis study positions four musicals and their associated artists as mobilizers of defiant joy in relation to trauma and healing in Puerto Rico. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book argues that the historical trajectory of these musicals has formed a canon of works that have reiterated, resisted or transformed experiences of trauma through linguistic, ritual, and geographic interventions. These traumas may be disaster-related, migrant-related, colonial or patriarchal. Bilingualism and translation, ritual action, and geographic space engage moments of trauma (natural disaster, incarceration, death) and healing (community celebration, grieving, emancipation) in these works. The musicals considered are \u003cem\u003eWest Side Story\u003c\/em\u003e (1957, 2009, 2019), \u003cem\u003eThe Capeman\u003c\/em\u003e (1998), \u003cem\u003eIn the Heights\u003c\/em\u003e (2008), and \u003cem\u003eHamilton\u003c\/em\u003e (2015). Central to this argument is that each of the musicals discussed is tied to Puerto Rico, either through the representation of Puerto Rican characters and stories, or through t\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 1: Bilingualism and Translation as Caring Performance \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 2: Caring Performance in Public Art \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 3: Spaces of Care \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 4: Transforming Disaster through Defiant Joy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfterword \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51018926096727,"sku":"9781032251950","price":128.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781032251950.jpg?v=1750778691","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/performance-trauma-and-puerto-rico-in-musical-theatre-9781032251950","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}