- Description
- 1 online resource : illustrations.
- Summary
- "This volume examines how queer bodies are theatrically represented on the Cuban stage in ways that challenge the state's categorization and homogenization of individuals. Bretton White critically analyzes contemporary performances that upset traditional understandings of what constitutes the ideal Cuban citizenry"--
- Uniform Title
- Staging discomfort (Online)
- Alternative Title
- Staging discomfort (Online)
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Source of Description (note)
- Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.
- Contents
- Introduction: Dramatic Discomforts -- Instigating Intimacies: Las relaciones de Clara and Uncomfortable Closeness -- Sharing Shame: Reimagining Entrepreneurship in Baños públicos, S.A. -- Frustrating Futurity: Beauty and Pain in Pájaros de la playa -- Vexing Visibilities: Space and Queerness in Chamaco -- Fronting Failure: Testing Continuity in Perros que jamás ladraron -- Conclusion: Contrary to Community
- ISBN
- 9781683401810
- 9781683401544 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2019058788
- OCLC
- ssj0002297243
- Author
White, Bretton.
- Title
Staging discomfort [electronic resource] : performance and queerness in contemporary Cuba / Bretton White.
- Imprint
Gainesville : University of Florida Press, [2020]
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
- Note
Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.
- Connect to:
- Other Form:
Print version: White, Bretton. Staging discomfort Gainesville : University of Florida Press, [2020] 9781683401544 (DLC) 2019058787