Puro teatro
Subtitle: a Latina anthology
By: edited by Alberto Sandoval-Sánchez, Nancy Saporta Sternbach.
Contributors: Sandoval-Sánchez, Alberto.; Sternbach, Nancy Saporta.
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Tucson
Language: eng
Number of pages: 440
Subjects: American drama -- Hispanic American authors; Hispanic American women -- Drama; American drama -- Women authors; American drama -- 20th century; Hispanic Americans -- Drama
Genres: Drama.
Description: A collection of Latina plays, performance pieces, and "testimonios" focus on race, gender, class, sexual identity, and the empowerment of an educated class of women.
Table of contents: title: Botánica / Dolores Prida; title: Heart of the earth: a Popol Vuh story / Cherríe Moraga; title: The fat-free Chicana and the snow cap queen / Elaine Romero; title: Las nuevas tamaleras / Alicia Mena; title: And where was Pancho Villa when you really needed him? / Silviana Wood; title: Fuchsia / Janis Astor del Valle; title: Nostalgia maldita : 1-900-MEXICO : a Stairmaster piece / Yareli Arizmendi; title: Good grief, Lolita / Wilma Bonet; title: A roomful of men: a radio for the eyes performance piece / Amparo García Crow; title: Describe your work / Monica Palacios; title: Battle-worn / Laura Esparza; title: Dancing with the voice of truth / María Mar; title: Searching for sanctuaries: cruising through town in a red convertible / Diane Rodríguez; title: Home, desire, memory: there are no borders here / Caridad Svich; title: Tales of a south-of-the-border/north-of-the-stereotype theatre director / Susana Tubert; title: Catching the next play: the joys and perils of playwriting