Posttraumatic culture in Spanish and Latin American theater /
In the twentieth century, Argentina, Chile and Spain suffered dictatorships marked by disappearances, torture and murder, which left wounds that, in some cases, have yet to heal. Moving these public wounds into the realm of performance, many playwrights sought to address these national traumas by cr...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Newcastle upon Tyne, UK :
Cambridge Scholars Publishing,
2025.
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| Summary: | In the twentieth century, Argentina, Chile and Spain suffered dictatorships marked by disappearances, torture and murder, which left wounds that, in some cases, have yet to heal. Moving these public wounds into the realm of performance, many playwrights sought to address these national traumas by creating what I call "posttraumatic theater." This book argues that these plays attempt to represent national crises by taking on stylistic features that mimic the symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder. |
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| Physical Description: | viii, 209 pages ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [197]-209). |
| ISBN: | 9781036417338 1036417336 |