The collapse of the Soviet Union in 1989 drastically altered life in Cuba. Theatre artists were faced with new economic and social realities that changed their day-to-day experiences and ways of looking at the world beyond the island. The Cuban Revolution's resistance to and intersections with globalization, modernity, emigration and privilege are central to the performances examined in this study.
The first book-length study in English of Cuban and Cuban American plays, Cuba Inside Out provides a framework for understanding texts and performances that support, challenge, and transgress boundaries of exile and nationalism. Prizant reveals the intricacies of how revolution is staged theatrically, socially, and politically on the island and in the Cuban diaspora.
This close examination of seven plays written since 1985 seeks to alter how U.S. audiences perceive Cuba, its circumstances, and its theatre.
| ISBN: | 9780809333080 |
| Publication date: | 30th December 2013 |
| Author: | Yael Prizant |
| Publisher: | Southern Illinois University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 192 pages |
| Series: | Theater in the Americas |
| Genres: |
Theatre studies Literary studies: plays and playwrights |
The collapse of the Soviet Union in 1989 drastically altered life in Cuba. Theatre artists were faced with new economic and social realities that changed their day-to-day experiences and ways of looking at the world beyond the island.
Cuba Inside Out features in the following genres: Theatre studies, Literary studies: plays and playwrights
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Cuba Inside Out was written by Yael Prizant and published by Southern Illinois University Press
Cuba Inside Out has 192 pages
Yes it is part of Theater in the Americas series