Memory, allegory, and testimony in South American theater :
General Material Designation
[Book]
Other Title Information
upstaging dictatorship /
First Statement of Responsibility
Ana Elena Puga.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Routledge,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2008.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xi, 284 pages :
Other Physical Details
illustrations ;
Dimensions
24 cm.
SERIES
Series Title
Routledge advances in theatre and performance studies ;
Volume Designation
8
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-276) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
Carlos Manuel Varela and the duty to remember -- Boal and Guarnieri: Historical allegory and the duty to inspire -- Griselda Gambaro: Abstract allegory and the duty to conceal -- Juan Radrigán and the duty to tell.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
In this volume, Ana Elena Puga traces the shaping of a resistant identity in memory, its direct expression in testimony, and its indirect elaboration in two different kinds of allegory. Each chapter focuses on one contemporary playwright (or one collaborative team, in the case of Brazil) from each of four Southern Cone countries and compares the playwrights' aesthetic strategies for subverting ideologies of dictatorship: Carlos Manuel Varela (memory in Uruguay), Juan Radrigán (testimony in Chile), Augusto Boal and his co-author Gianfrancesco Guarnieri (historical allegory in Brazil), Griselda Gambaro (abstract allegory in Argentina).
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Theater-- Political aspects-- South America.
Theater-- South America-- History-- 20th century.
Diktatur
Drama-- portugiesisches-- Brasilien-- Geschichte 1945-2000.
Drama-- spanisches-- Amerika-- Geschichte 1945-2000.
Drama.
Gedächtnis
Politik-- Theater-- Lateinamerika-- Geschichte 1945-2000.
Politik.
Politisches Theater.
Theater-- Political aspects.
Theater-- Politik-- Lateinamerika-- Geschichte 1945-2000.