num_pages: 80
description: Fuelled by equal parts outrage, intelligence and wit, Fronteras Americanas re-creates one person’s struggle to construct a home between two cultures, while exploding the images and constructs built up around Latinos and Latin America. This one-person play works through bold juxtapositions and satiric reference points: Simón Bolívar and Speedy Gonzales; Columbus and Fodor’s travel guides; Ricky Ricardo and the Latin Lover; �La Bamba’ and Placido Domingo; Carlos Fuentes and American made-for-TV drug-wars movies. Verdecchia twirls stereotypes and clichés, offers comparative histories, examines myths and mysticism, and provides lessons in language and dancing.Cast of one man.
language: English
title: Fronteras Americanas: American Borders
titlecomplete: Fronteras Americanas: American Borders
genres: Plays, Canada, Drama, Read For School, Canadian Literature, School
ratings_count: 170
awards: awardedAt: 725875200000
name: Governor General's Literary Awards / Prix littéraires du Gouverneur général
category: Drama
publisher: Talonbooks