Performance in the Borderlands

A border is a force of containment that inspires dreams of being overcome and crossed; motivates bodies to climb over; and threatens physical harm. This book critically examines a range of cultural performances produced in relation to the tensions and movements of/about the borders dividing North America, including the Caribbean.

Ramn Rivera-Servera is Assistant Professor of Performance Studies at Northwestern University, Illinois, USA. He is currently completing his book manuscript, performing Latinidad: Queer Sexualities and Global Imaginaries. His essays on Latina/o Performance have appeared in Modern Drama, Text and Performance Quarterly, Ollantay Theatre Magazine, and Trans: The Journal of the Spanish Society of Ethnomusicology. Harvey Young is Associate Professor of Theatre and Director of the Interdisciplinary PhD in Theatre and Drama Program at Northwestern University, Illinois, USA. He is the author of Embodying Black Experience: Stillness, Critical Memory, and the Black body.