Holy Terrors: Latin American Women Perform (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780822332404)

Holy Terrors presents exemplary original work by fourteen of Latin America's foremost contemporary women theatre and performance artists. Many of the pieces-including one-act plays, manifestos, and lyrics-appear in English for the first time. From Griselda Gambaro, Argentina's most widely recognized playwright, to such renowned performers as Brazil's Denise Stoklos and Mexico's Jesusa Rodr?uez, these women are involved in some of Latin America's most important aesthetic and political movements. Of varied racial and ethnic backgrounds, they come from across Latin America-Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Chile, Colombia, Puerto Rico, Peru, and Cuba. This volume is generously illustrated with over seventy images. A number of the performance pieces are complemented by essays providing context and analysis.

The performance pieces in Holy Terrors are powerful testimonies to the artists' political and personal struggles. These women confront patriarchy, racism, and repressive government regimes and challenge brutality and corruption through a variety of artistic genres. Several have formed theatre collectives-among them FOMMA (a Mayan women's theatre company in Chiapas) and El Teatro de la m疽cara in Colombia. Some draw from cabaret and 'frivolous' theatre traditions to create intense and humorous performances that challenge church and state. Engaging in self-mutilation and abandoning traditional dress, others use their bodies as the platforms on which to stage their defiant critiques of injustice. Holy Terrors is a unique English-language presentation of some of Latin America's fiercest, most provocative art.

Contributors
Sabina Berman
Tania Bruguera
Petrona de la Cruz Cruz
Diamela Eltit
Griselda Gambaro
Astrid Hadad
Teresa Hern疣dez
Rosa Luisa M疵quez
Teresa Ralli
Diana Raznovich
Jesusa Rodr?uez
Denise Stoklos
Katia Tirado
Ema Villanueva

Author: Diana Taylor
ISBN-10: 082233240X
ISBN-13: 9780822332404
Publisher: Duke University Press
Language: English
Published: 12/24/2003
Pages: 464
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.41lbs
Size: 9.26h x 6.14w x 1.09d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 07/01/2004 pg. 2050