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Three new Anthologies Perfect for the classroom, library or the general public

Fábula, sexo y poder:
Teatro argentino al final del siglo XX
George Woodyard, editor (University of Kansas)

Three plays by leading Argentine playwrights Roberto Cossa (Yepeto), Eduardo Rovner (Volvió una noche) and Lucía Laragione (Cocinando con Elisa) deal with the vibrant issues of Argentine culture during the 1980s and 1990s. With resonances of the brutal years of the dictatorship, plus the eternal issues of love triangles, myths, folklore and traditions, these plays provide insights into the hopes, dreams, passions and pathologies of the Argentine soul during a critical period of the nation’s history.

ISBN: 978-0-578-02201-7
Price: $16.00

Las fronteras míticas del teatro mexicano
Stuart A. Day, editor (University of Kansas)

The plays of three prominent Mexican authors represent key examples of socially committed theatre. Mexico’s past and present are transposed in Sabina Berman’s Entre Villa y una mujer desnuda, leading the reader to question revolutionary ideals as well as gender roles. In Todos somos Marcos, Vicente Leñero delineates opposing, complex views related to the resurrection of zapatismo. Víctor Hugo Rascón Banda, in La mujer que cayó del cielo, presents the case of a Tarahumara woman trapped in a mental institution in Kansas. Each play brings history to the fore and encourages the reader to question his or her role in the present-day events that shape the world.

ISBN: 978-1-61539-743-3
Price: $16.00

Teatro chileno y dictadura: Cuatro obras contestatarias
Oscar Lepeley, editor (University of Toledo)

During the dictatorship of Pinochet, Chilean theatre was surprisingly able to articulate a solid body of dissident works that dared to reflect critically on the experience of life under an authoritarian government. Despite the widespread censorship of dissident opinions, these plays were presented publicly in Santiago. This anthology contains four previously unpublished plays from this time period. The authors, David Benavente, Fernando Gallardo, Gonzalo Meza, Juan Radrigán and Jaime Vadell, are all prominent figures in Chilean theatre. This anthology addresses the need to recover these important works that played a role in the struggle against the dictatorship.

ISBN: 978-1-61539-744-0
Price: $21.00