Shakespeare and Latinidad - by Trevor Boffone & Carla Della Gatta (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br><p><em>Shakespeare and Latinidad</em> is a collection of scholarly and practitioner essays in the field of Latinx theatre that specifically focuses on Latinx productions and appropriations of Shakespeare's plays. </p><p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><em>Shakespeare and Latinidad</em> is a collection of scholarly and practitioner essays in the field of Latinx theatre that specifically focuses on Latinx productions and appropriations of Shakespeare's plays. It is the first truly comprehensive treatment of this style of adaptation, bringing together the diverse voices working in this field today including leading academics, playwrights and theatre practitioners. This blend of essays and interviews reflects the transdisciplinary synthesis of scholarship, dramaturgy and pedagogy that shapes Latinx engagement with Shakespeare. </p><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br>'This book offers a unique and wonderfully broad collection of essays that introduce the reader to an important and little-known trend in Shakespeare and theatre studies. The editors have included essays by leading theatre artists, playwrights, directors, actors and scholars who celebrate Shakespeare as seen through the multiple perspectives of Latinx Shakespeares as performance, as literature and as community-building through professional and community-based theatre companies from coast to coast.' Jorge Huerta, University of California San Diego A timely and exciting intervention at the intersection of Latinx and Shakespeare Studies Shakespeare and Latinidad is a collection of scholarly and practitioner essays in the field of Latinx theatre that specifically focuses on Latinx productions and appropriations of Shakespeare's plays. It is the first truly comprehensive treatment of this style of adaptation, bringing together the diverse voices working in this field today including leading academics, playwrights and theatre practitioners. This blend of essays and interviews reflects the transdisciplinary synthesis of scholarship, dramaturgy and pedagogy that shapes Latinx engagement with Shakespeare. Trevor Boffone is Lecturer in the Women's, Gender & Sexuality Studies Program at the University of Houston. Carla Della Gatta is Assistant Professor of English at Florida State University. Cover image: Calaveraspeare (c) Jose Pulido Cover design: [EUP logo] edinburghuniversitypress.com ISBN 978-1-4744-8848-8 Barcode<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p>Trevor Boffone is the founder of the 50 Playwrights Project. He is a Lecturer in the Women's, Gender & Sexuality Studies Program at the University of Houston. He is the author of <i>Renegades: Digital Dance Cultures from Dubsmash to TikTok</i> (Oxford University Press, 2021). He is the co-editor of <i>Encuentro: Latinx Performance for the New American Theater</i> (Northwestern University Press, 2019) and <i>Nerds, Goths, Geeks, and Freaks: Outsiders in Chicanx and Latinx Young Adult Literature</i> (University Press of Mississippi, 2020). <p>Carla Della Gatta is a theatre historian and performance scholar. She is Assistant Professor of English at Florida State University. She received the J Leeds Barroll Dissertation Prize from the Shakespeare Association of America for her work on Shakespeare and Latinidad. She has published widely in journals such as <i>Shakespeare Survey</i>, <i>Shakespeare Studies</i>, and <i>Bulletin of the Comediantes</i>. Her monograph, <i>Latinx Shakespeares: The Staging of Intracultural Theatre</i>, is in process.<p>
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