LEADER 02926nam 2200373 450 001 9910637694703321 005 20230517211326.0 024 7 $a10.3998/mpub.12253912 035 $a(CKB)5860000000282516 035 $a(NjHacI)995860000000282516 035 $a(EXLCZ)995860000000282516 100 $a20230517d2023 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aLatinx Shakespeares $estaging U.S. intracultural theater /$fCarla Della Gatta 210 1$aAnn Arbor, Michigan :$cUniversity of Michigan Press,$d2023. 215 $a1 online resource (xiii, 265 pages) 311 $a0-472-22095-0 330 $a"Latinx peoples and culture have permeated Shakespearean performance in the United States for over 75 years-a phenomenon that, until now, has been largely overlooked as Shakespeare studies has taken a global turn in recent years. Author Carla Della Gatta argues that theater-makers and historians must acknowledge this presence and influence in order to truly engage the complexity of American Shakespeares. Latinx Shakespeares investigates the history, dramaturgy, and language of the more than 140 Latinx-themed Shakespearean productions in the United States since the 1960s-the era of West Side Story. This first-ever book of Latinx representation in the most-performed playwright's canon offers a new methodology for reading ethnic theater looks beyond the visual to prioritize aural signifiers such as music, accents, and the Spanish language. The book's focus is on textual adaptations or performances in which Shakespearean plays, stories, or characters are made Latinx through stage techniques, aesthetics, processes for art-making (including casting), and modes of storytelling. The case studies range from performances at large repertory theaters to small community theaters and from established directors to emerging playwrights. To analyze these productions, the book draws on interviews with practitioners, script analysis, first-hand practitioner insight, and interdisciplinary theoretical lenses, largely by scholars of color. Latinx Shakespeares moves toward healing by reclaiming Shakespeare as a borrower, adapter, and creator of language whose oeuvre has too often been mobilized in the service of a culturally specific English-language whiteness that cannot extricate itself from its origins within the establishment of European/British colonialism/imperialism"$c-- Provided by publisher. 606 $aPerforming arts$xPhilosophy 606 $aPerforming arts$xManagement 615 0$aPerforming arts$xPhilosophy. 615 0$aPerforming arts$xManagement. 676 $a791 700 $aDella Gatta$b Carla$01347841 801 0$bNjHacI 801 1$bNjHacl 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910637694703321 996 $aLatinx Shakespeares$93084640 997 $aUNINA