Fronteras Americanas
Edición de la obra Fronteras Americanas
| Autor | Guillermo Verdecchia |
|---|---|
| Editorial | Alexander Street Press |
| Fecha de publicación | 2007 |
| Lugar | Alexandria, VA |
| Idioma | inglés |
| Formato | [electronic resource] / |
| Serie | Twentieth century North American drama |
| Número de Cutter | V483f |
"Fronteras Americanas recreates one person{u2019}s struggle to construct a home between two cultures, while exploding the images and constructs built up around Latinos and Latin America. This one-person play works through bold juxtapositions and satiric reference points: Simón Bolívar and Speedy Gonzales; Columbus and Fodor{u2019}s travel guides; Ricky Ricardo and the Latin Lover; La Bamba and Placido Domingo; Carlos Fuentes and American drug-war movies. Verdecchia twirls stereotypes and clichés, offers comparative histories, examines myths and mysticism, and provides lessons in language and dancing. In this follow-up to the Governor General's Award-winning original play (first published in 1993), the Border trope is reconsidered in a twenty-first-century context, taking into account accelerated globalization and new material and economic realities"--Page 4 of cover.