Women Writing Women: An Anthology of Spanish-American Theater of the 1980s

by Teresa Cajiao Salas

Book Overview

While these playwrights articulate concerns similar to those of their male counterparts--social injustice, the question of identity, the role of art, the power of writing--their feminist perspectives offer a fresh view of Spanish America by challenging traditional male representations of women. While the plays humorously reveal the cultural and social politics of each country, they also examine seriously the absurdities of everyday life. The playwrights...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 079143205X
• ISBN13: 9780791432051
• Release Date: February 1997
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Length: 468 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.