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Latin American theatre is among the most innovative in the world today. The period 1965–1970 was one of intense theatrical production in the region. Dozens of major playwrights and collective theaters produced hundreds of highly original plays. This was also a period of profound ideological and sociopolitical transformation. Hopes for Latin American self-definition and self-determination after centuries of colonization and foreign exploitation began to crumble, while the right-wing backlash produced a politics of terror.

In this dynamic study, Diana Taylor proposes that, for all the diversity of peoples, languages, and cultural images in Latin America, the effects of crisis on the region’s theatre are surprisingly uniform. As a cultural subsystem, theatre is both a product of and a commentary on the making and dismantling of society at large.

Theatre of Crisis is an important source of information for Latin Americanists as well as theatre specialists and literary critics interested in this virtually unexplored field.

Diana Taylor is associate professor of Spanish and comparative literature at Dartmouth College.

Publication Date

1991

Publisher

The University Press of Kentucky

Place of Publication

Lexington, KY

ISBN

9780813154978

eISBN

9780813164687

Keywords

Latin American theater, Latin American drama, Latin American politics

Disciplines

Latin American Literature

Theatre of Crisis: Drama and Politics in Latin America
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