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Embodying difference : scripting social images of the female body in Latina theatre
- Title
- Embodying difference : scripting social images of the female body in Latina theatre / Linda Saborío.
- Author
- Saborío, Linda, 1969-
- Publication
- Madison [N.J.] : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press ; Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, c2012.
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- Description
- xxxvii, 157 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
- Summary
- "Embodying Differences: Scripting Social Images of the Female Body in Latina Theatre explores contemporary theatrical productions by latina dramatists in the United States and focuses on the effects that neoliberal politics, global market strategies, gender formation, and racial and ethnic marginalization have had on latinas. Through the analysis of select plays by dramatists Nao Bustamante, Coco Fusco, Anne García-Romero, Josefina López, Cherríe Moraga, Linda Nieves-Powell, Dolores Prida, and Milcha Sánchez-Scott, Embodying Differences shows how the bodies of latinas are represented on stage in order to create an image of latina consolidation. The performances of a dynamic female body challenge assumptions about ethno-racial expressions, exoticized "otherness," and political correctness as this book explores often uneasy sites of representations of the body including phenotype, sexuality, obesity, and the body as a political marker. Drawing on the theoretical framework of difference, including differing gender voices, performances, and performative acts, Embodying Differences examines social images of the Latina body as a means of understanding and rearticulating latina subjectivity through an expression of difference. By means of a gradual realization and self-acclamation of their own images, latinas can learn to embody notions of self that endorse their curvaceous, sexualized, and oversized bodies that have historically been marked and marketed by their "brownness."."--Publisher's website.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 145-153) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction : The theatrics of performing difference -- Parodying otherness : beauty contests, beauty myths, and Beautiful señoritas -- Role playing Latinidad : engaging the female body in diverse identities -- Staging a Chicana and Latina body politic -- Marketing difference : the "other" female consumer -- Latina bodies in a global market -- Reclaiming religion : Milagros and the sexual objectification of Latinas -- Final curtain : the exposure of Latina bodies.
- Call Number
- MWET 13-3188
- ISBN
- 9781611474671 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 1611474671 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 9781611474688 (electronic)
- 161147468X (electronic)
- LCCN
- 2011039570
- OCLC
- 752069646
- Author
- Saborío, Linda, 1969-
- Title
- Embodying difference : scripting social images of the female body in Latina theatre / Linda Saborío.
- Imprint
- Madison [N.J.] : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press ; Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, c2012.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 145-153) and index.
- Research Call Number
- MWET 13-3188