Tentative Transgressions
Subtitle: Homosexuality, AIDS, and the Theater in Brazil
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Published: December 15, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780299189242
Subjects: American history: from c 1900 -; Gay & Lesbian studies; Plays & playwrights: from c 1900 -; Theatre, drama; 20th century; Plays / Drama; Literary Criticism; Brazil; Caribbean & Latin American; Gay Studies; Social Science / Gay Studies; Drama; Gay & Lesbian; AIDS (Disease) in literature; Brazilian drama; History and criticism; Homosexuality in literature
Description: "Brazilian theater has been a privileged stage for the playing out of divergent approaches to difference and transgression apparent in Brazilian culture. Severino Albuquerque analyzes the theatrical portrayal of transgression in Brazil throughout the twentieth century and examines how gay imagery was affected by the modernist movement and other cultural forces. Following changing theatrical motifs through the decades, Albuquerque shows how the theater could indulge in otherwise silenced ideas and representations of deviation from social norms. In Brazil, as in much of the world, AIDS is a prominent metaphor for any infringement on what is considered normal - linking sex, race, class, and politics. Albuquerque illustrates how theater became an invaluable player in the effort to associate art and education, entertainment and civics, drama and activism."--BOOK JACKET.