Performing Spanishness
, by Thompson, MichaelNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9781841501345 | 1841501344
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 2/15/2007
Jose Maria Rodriguez Mendez is a noted playwright, an acerbic cultural critic, and a political dissident under Franco. InPerforming Spanishness, the first English-language examination of Mendez's life and work, Michael Thompson sets the playwright's lifelong struggle against censorship in the context of Spain's shifting national identity. Mendez's work presents "Spanishness" not as a static trait, but as an ongoing performance;Performing Spanishnessis an indispensable resource to those interested in theater, Spain, and the relationship between art and activism.