Argentine Jewish theatre
Subtitle: a critical anthology
By: edited and translated by Nora Glickman and Gloria F. Waldman.
Contributors: Glickman, Nora.; Waldman, Gloria.
Publisher: Bucknell University Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Lewisburg
Language: eng
Number of pages: 346
Subjects: Argentine drama -- Jewish authors -- Translations into English.; Argentine drama -- 20th century -- Translations into English.; Jews -- Argentina -- Drama.
Description: "Scholarly compilation of eight plays spanning seven decades (1920s-80s). Contemporary writers include Goldenberg, Halac, Dragún, and Raznovich. Short but informative introduction, biographical prefaces, notes (often explaining Yiddish terms), and bibliography make volume especially good for classroom use. Accompanying materials stress several recurring themes of this diverse group of plays"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 339-346).
Table of contents: title: Aarón the Jew / Samuel Eichelbaum; title: Petroff's junkshop / Alberto Novión; title: The tithe / César Tiempo; title: Simón Brumelstein, knight of the Indies / Germán Rozenmacher; title: Krinsky / Jorge Goldenberg; title: A thousand years, one day / Ricardo Halac; title: Onward, Corazón! / Osvaldo Dragún; title: Lost belongings / Diana Raznovich.