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Author García-Romero, Anne, author

Title The Fornes frame : contemporary Latina playwrights and the legacy of Maria Irene Fornes / Anne García-Romero
Published Tucson : The University of Arizona Press, [2016]
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Description 1 online resource (240 pages) : illustrations
Contents Introduction: defining the Fornes frame -- Maria Irene Fornes : the Fornes Frame -- Caridad Svich : imprinting the Fornes Frame -- Karen Zacarías : navigating multiple borders -- Elaine Romero : viewing Latin@ realism -- Cusi Cram : performing Latina identity -- Quiara Alegría Hudes : conducting theatrical experimentation -- Conclusion: the legacy of Maria Irene Fornes -- Epilogue: Fornes is the frame -- Appendix A.: INTAR Hispanic playwrights-in-residence laboratory -- Appendix B.: Contemporary Latina playwrights
Summary "The book is an examination of the works of five contemporary Latina playwrights: Cusi Cram, Quiara Alegría Hudes, Elaine Romero, Caridad Svich, and Karen Zacarias. It argues that the playwright Maria Irene Fornes's writing and teaching have influenced the analyzed dramatists to produce plays that are more transcultural than previous generations of Latina playwrights"--Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-231) and index
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Subject Fornés, María Irene -- Influence
Zacarías, Karen -- Criticism and interpretation
Svich, Caridad -- Criticism and interpretation
Romero, Elaine (Elaine D.) -- Criticism and interpretation
Hudes, Quiara Alegría -- Criticism and interpretation
Cram, Cusi -- Criticism and interpretation
Zacarías, Karen -- Criticism and interpretation
Svich, Caridad -- Criticism and interpretation
Romero, Elaine (Elaine D.) -- Criticism and interpretation
Hudes, Quiara Alegría -- Criticism and interpretation
Cram, Cusi -- Criticism and interpretation
Fornes, Maria Irene -- Influence
Fornés, María Irene
Hispanic American women dramatists.
LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- Hispanic American.
Hispanic American women dramatists
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Genre/Form Electronic books
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780816533862
0816533865
Other Titles Contemporary Latina playwrights and the legacy of Maria Irene Fornes