Performing Spanishness
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Description
José María Rodríguez Méndez is a noted playwright, an acerbic cultural critic, and a political dissident under Franco. In Performing Spanishness, the first English-language examination of Méndez’s life and work, Michael Thompson sets the playwright’s lifelong struggle against censorship in the context of Spain’s shifting national identity. Méndez’s work presents “Spanishness” not as a static trait, but as an ongoing performance; Performing Spanishness is an indispensable resource to those interested in theater, Spain, and the relationship between art and activism.
La Chispa
5. Leading roles in history Flor de Otoño
El pájaro solitario
Literatura española
Teresa de ávila
Isabelita tiene ángel
Reconquista
Soy madrileño
6. Fading echoes of the past in contemporary SpainÚltima batalla en El Pardo Michael Thompson is a lecturer in Spanish at the University of Durham, United Kingdom.
List of illustrationsIntroduction1. Dramatizing Spanishness
2. Rodríguez Méndez’s essays: realism, machismo español, inteligencia española and historical theatreInteligencia española
Machismo español
Historical theatre
Summing up: the continuous ‘play’ of history, culture and power
3. History from below (1): enclosed spaces
Vagones de madera
En las esquinas, banderas
La Mano Negra
El vano ayer
4. History from below (2): open spaces
El círculo de tiza de Cartagena
Bodas que fueron famosas del Pingajo y la Fandanga
Historia de unos cuantos2. Rodríguez Méndez’s essays: realism, machismo español, inteligencia española and historical theatreInteligencia española
Machismo español
Historical theatre
Summing up: the continuous ‘play’ of history, culture and power
3. History from below (1): enclosed spaces
Vagones de madera
En las esquinas, banderas
La Mano Negra
El vano ayer
4. History from below (2): open spaces
El círculo de tiza de Cartagena
Bodas que fueron famosas del Pingajo y la Fandanga
La Chispa
5. Leading roles in history Flor de Otoño
El pájaro solitario
Literatura española
Teresa de ávila
Isabelita tiene ángel
Reconquista
Soy madrileño
Contemporary Spain: the decline of machismo español
Disillusionment and disorientation after Franco
Conclusions
Bibliography
Additional information
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