Open AccessFrom the Margins to the Mainstream: Latino/a Theater in the U.S.
Author(s) -
Jorge Huerta
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
studies in 20th and 21st century literature
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2334-4415
pISSN - 1555-7839
DOI - 10.4148/2334-4415.1687
Subject(s) - mainstream , theatre director , gender studies , political theatre , theatre studies , sociology , history , media studies , visual arts , art , political science , drama , law
The author discusses Latina/o theatre as it evolved from social protest theatre of the 1960s to professional theatre companies and theatre artists working throughout the country. Whereas there were few scholarly articles, no books about Latina/o theatre and no plays in print (in English) in 1970, today there is a wealth of material about the theatre of the three major Latina/o groups, Chicana/os, Cuban-Americans and (mainland) Puerto Ricans. Each of these groups has a distinct relationship to the United States, as expressed in their plays