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Performing Spanishness: History, Cultural Identity and Censorship in the Theatre of José María Rodríguez Méndez

Thompson, M

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This book delves into the theatre of Spanish dramatist José María Rodríguez Méndez, one of the most significant Spanish playwrights of the twentieth century and an acerbic cultural commentator. The book traces the development of Rodríguez Méndez's work from the hard times of the Franco dictatorship through the uncertainties of the transition to democracy. Rodríguez Méndez's theatre is saturated by the socially explosive concept of Spanishness, dramatized as a dazzling range of popular performances of cultural identity in various periods from the middle ages to the present. The author locates the kernel of this impression in Rodríguez Méndez's interpretation of 'machismo español' as a volatile yet universal articulation of Spanish identity charged with the dissident voice of popular resistance to constraining political and ideological structures. The analysis of Rodríguez Méndez's work from the late 1950s to the mid-70s is enriched by detailed evidence from censors' reports, providing fascinating case studies of the unpredictability of censorship under a dictatorial regime. Some of his most powerful plays banned during that time have been revived since 1975, and the book includes discussion of these influential productions.

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Title of ebook: Performing Spanishness: History, Cultural Identity and Censorship in the Theatre of José María Rodríguez Méndez
ISBN: 9781841509747
Publisher: Intellect
Internet download file size: 1834 kb
Released online for download: 02-08-2007
Author of eBook: Thompson, M,


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