Women writing women
Subtitle: an anthology of Spanish-American theater of the 1980s
By: edited by Teresa Cajiao Salas and Margarita Vargas ; introduction by Margarita Vargas.
Contributors: Salas, Teresa Cajiao.; Vargas, Margarita, 1956-
Series: SUNY series in Latin American and Iberian thought and culture
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Albany
Language: eng
Number of pages: 468
Subjects: Spanish American drama -- Women authors; Spanish American drama -- 20th century
Description: "Translations of eight plays by acclaimed women playwrights: Isidora Aguirre (Chile), Sabina Berman (Mexico), Myrna Casas (Puerto Rico), Teresa Marichal (Puerto Rico), Diana Raznovich (Argentina), Mariela Romero (Venezuela), Beatriz Seibel (Argentina), and Maruxa Vilalta (Mexico). Introductory essay and bio-bibliographical notes on each author offer ample contextualization supplemented by a useful bibliography of primary and secondary sources. Lively translations by editors and Kirsten Nigro produce stageworthy scripts. Outstanding collection highly recommended for classroom and dramatic use"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 443-462) and index.
Table of contents: title: Altarpiece of Yumbel / Isidora Aguirre; title: Yankee / Sabina Berman; title: The great USkranian circus / Myrna Casas; title: Evening walk / Teresa Marichal Lugo; title: Dial-a-mom / Diana Raznovich; title: Waiting for the Italian / Mariela Romero; title: Seven times Eve / Beatriz Seibel; title: A woman, two men, and a gunshot / Maruxa Vilalta.