Colombian Theatre in the Vortex: Seven PlaysJudith A. Weiss Bucknell University Press, 2004 - 217 Seiten This book chronicles three decades of social and political disintegration in a nation marked by violence, paradox, and hyperbole, a country both blessed and cursed by its wealth of natural resources, its culture, and its strategic location in the western hemisphere. The plays (Soldiers [C. J. Reyes et al.]; Old Baldy [Jairo Nino]; Lucky Strike [Santiago Garcia]; Roadhouse [Teatro La Candelaria]; Pilot Project [Enrique Buenaventura]; Femina Ludens [Nohora Ayala et al.]; and The Orgy [Enrique Buenaventura]) reveal the historical, economic, and social roots of Colombia's tragic circumstances. They are vehicles of critical analysis for making sense of both the causes and the consequences of the violence, as they examine the role of the army, the roots of the drug wars, the situation of women and victims of conflict, and the poisoning of a common ethos. The translations and introductory notes make the works and their subjects equally accessible for staging in the theater and for readings and discussion by groups interested in Latin American Studies. Judith A. Weiss is Professor of Hispanic Studies at Mount Allison University in Canada. |
Inhalt
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Soldiers | 35 |
Old Baldy | 58 |
Lucky Strike | 78 |
Roadhouse | 122 |
Pilot Project | 145 |
Femina Ludens | 170 |
The Orgy | 199 |
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
actors ALFREDO AMALIA army asks audience bathroom BOATMAN BODYGUARDS Bogotá boxes characters CHELA CHORUS Ciénaga collective creation Colombian Theatre COLONEL Cortés Vargas cultural dance DEATH DEATH doctor Palomino DON BLANCO DON FÉLIX DORIS DRUMMER DWARF EMIRO exit FELIX Femina Ludens FOREMAN García gesture goes going hand hell JAIRO ANÍBAL NIÑO José Reyes Julián kill LADY Latin American laughing leave looks LOVER Lucky Strike LUZ ESTRELLA Ma'am María MARTA MATAMOROS MIGUEL Miguel Abadía Méndez MUSICIAN NURY OBDULIO Old Baldy OLD WOMAN OPULENT DEATH Orgy pause Pedro Pablo play political POPY PRESIDENT PROSTITUTE puts RAT DEATH Ricardo Camacho ROSA ROSAURA scene SEBASTIAN SECOND BEGGAR SECOND SOLDIER sings sits song stage stand stops suitcase takes TAXI DRIVER Teatro theatre groups There's thing THIRD BEGGAR Translated United Fruit Company walks What's WHISTLER WHITE COAT DEATH WIFE women workers
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 29 - Erendira y de su Abuela Desalmada (The Incredible and Sad Tale of Innocent Erendira and Her Heartless Grandmother}.
Seite 30 - El Arquitecto y el Emperador de Asiria (The Architect and the Emperor of Assyria) — is in contradiction with what the Spanish public wants and hopes to hear today.
Seite 28 - La gallina de los huevos de oro [The Goose that Laid the Golden Eggs], La hormiga y la cigarra [The Ant and the Cicada]. The group called these pieces "counter-stories" because of the modifications on the original stories.
Seite 11 - The theatre thus continues to be a vehicle for making sense of both the causes and the consequences of the violence.