Contemporary Latina/o Theater

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"In Contemporary Latina/o Theater, Jon D. Rossini explores the complex relationship between theater and the creation of ethnicity in an unprecedented examination of six Latina/o playwrights and their works. Rossini exposes how these writers use the genre as tool to reveal and transform existing preconceptions about their culture. Through "wrighting' - the triplicate process of writing plays, righting misconceptions about ethnic identity, and creating an entirely new way of understanding Latina/o culture - these playwrights directly intervene in current conversations regarding ethnic identity, providing the tools for audiences to reexplore their previously held perspectives outside the theater."--BOOK JACKET.

subjects: Ethnic identity,  Hispanic Americans in literature,  Hispanic American authors,  Hispanic Americans,  Ethnicity in literature,  History and criticism,  American drama,  American drama, hispanic american authors,  American drama, history and criticism, 20th century,  Hispanic americans, social conditions