Werth Theatre, Performance, and Memory Politics in Argentina

1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-0-230-11402-9
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 257 Seiten

Reihe: Palgrave Theatre & Performance Collection

Since Argentina's transition to democracy, the expression of human fragility on the stage has taken diverse forms. This book examines the intervention of theatre and performance in the memory politics surrounding Argentina's return to democracy and makes a case for performance's transformative power.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Werth, B.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction Transition and the Performance of Retroactive Justice From Antigone to Orpheus: Alternative Myths and Figures of Mourning The Performance of Confession Onstage and on the Stand Argentina's Postdictatorial Stages: Resting Places and Places of Unrest Argentina's Middle Class: Paradigm of Crisis and Renewal Intergenerational Memory and Performative Acts of Recovery Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

BRENDA WERTH Assistant Professor of Spanish and Latin American Studies at American University, USA.