Shakespeare and Latinidad / / Trevor Boffone, Carla Della Gatta.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2021 English
• VerfasserIn: Boffone, Trevor,; Della Gatta, Carla,
• MitwirkendeR: Alvarez, Frankie J.,; Boffone, Trevor,; Burbano, Diana,; Cruz, Migdalia,; DeCure, Cynthia Santos,; Escalante, Alejandra,; Espinosa, Micha,; Falocco, Joe,; Ferrell, Catherine Socarras,; Gatta, Carla Della,; Gillen, Katherine,; Godinez, Henry,; González, José Cruz,; Greenberg, Marissa,; Lopez-Rios, Michelle,; Lozano, David,; Molina, Daniel José,; Ruiz, Jerry,; Saltveit, Olga Sanchez,; Santos, Adrianna M.,; Schroeder-Arce, Roxanne,; Sicre, Daphnie,; Solis, Octavio,; Sutton, James M.,; Svich, Caridad,; Valenzuela, José Luis,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (256 p.)

A timely and exciting intervention at the intersection of Latinx and Shakespeare StudiesIntroduces the diverse ways that Shakespeare’s works may be adapted for Latinx communitiesOffers detailed strategies for pedagogical and dramaturgical engagement with students when adapting Shakespeare for another culturePresents several approaches for English-to-English Shakespeare translationAttends to the breadth of Latinx populations – culturally, generationally, linguistically, and educationally – to break down homogenized notions of LatinidadGives directors, voice coaches, actors, and playwrights a voice in scholarshipDevelops the theoretical lenses by which we analyze ethnic theatreShakespeare 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.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Contributor Biographies -- Introduction: Shakespeare and Latinidad -- Part I: Shakespeare in the US Latinx Borderlands -- 1 Staging Shakespeare for Latinx Identity and Mexican Subjectivity: Marqués: A Narco Macbeth -- 2 ¡O Romeo! Shakespeare on the Altar of Día de los Muertos -- 3 Passion’s Slave: Reminiscences on Latinx Shakespeares in Performance -- 4 The Power of Borderlands Shakespeare: Seres Jaime Magaña’s The Tragic Corrido of Romeo and Lupe -- Part II: Making Shakespeare Latinx -- 5 In a Shakespearean Key -- 6 Caliban’s Island: Gender, Queerness and Latinidad in Theatre for Young Audiences -- 7 La Voz de Shakespeare: Empowering Latinx Communities to Speak, Own and Embody the Text -- 8 Shakespeare’s Ghosts: Staging Colonial Histories in New Mexico -- 9 Diálogo: On Translation and Adaptation -- 10 Shakespeare Through the Latinx Voice -- Part III: Shakespeare in Latinx Classrooms and Communities -- 11 Shakespeare With, For and By Latinx Youth: Assumptions, Access and Assets -- 12 Celebrating Flippancy: Latinas in Miami Talk Back to Shakespeare -- 13 Diálogo: On Making Shakespeare Relevant to Latinx Communities -- 14 Romeo y Julieta: A Spanish-Language Shakespeare in the Park -- 15 Politics, Poetry and Popular Music: Remixing Neruda’s Romeo y Julieta -- 16 ‘Lleno de Tejanidad’: Staging a Bilingual Comedy of Errors in Central Texas -- Part IV: Translating Shakespeare in Ashland -- 17 Creating a Canon of Latinx Shakespeares: The Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s Play on! -- 18 What I Learned from My Shakespeare Staycation with Macbeth and Richard III -- 19 Willful Invisibility: Translating Shakespeare’s The Reign of King Edward III -- 20 Diálogo: On Performing Shakespearean Characters as Latinx -- 21 What’s with the Spanish, Dude? Identity Development, Language Acquisition and Shame while Coaching La Comedia of Errors -- Index