Guiding the plot
Subtitle: politics and feminism in the work of women playwrights from Spain and Argentina, 1960-1990
By: Ann Witte.
Series: Wor(l)ds of change,; vol. 20
Publisher: P. Lang; Lang AG International Academic Publishers, Peter
Published: 1996
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 167
Subjects: Spanish drama -- Women authors -- History and criticism.; Spanish drama -- 20th century -- History and criticism.; Dramatists, Spanish -- 20th century -- Political and social views.; Women and literature -- Argentina -- History -- 20th century.; Women and literature -- Spain -- History -- 20th century.; Women dramatists, Spanish -- Political and social views.; Feminism and theater -- Spain.; Argentine drama -- Women authors -- History and criticism.; Argentine drama -- 20th century -- History and criticism.; Dramatists, Argentine -- 20th century -- Political and social views.; Women dramatists, Argentine -- Political and social views.; Feminist drama -- History and criticism.; Feminism and theater -- Argentina.
Description: The theatre of Ana Diosdado and Paloma Pedrero in Spain, and Aida Bortnik and Griselda Gambaro in Argentina, written between 1960 and 1990, reveals an increasing preoccupation with women's issues together with a continuing awareness of problematic political realities.

Whether they challenge the strict separation between the private and the public, or whether they choose to uphold that distinction, these authors make the personal political by appropriating the public space - the stage - for the stories of women.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [149]-163) and index.