Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Illustrations ix
4. Preface xiii
5. Unimagined Communities 1
6. Diana Raznovich (Argentina)
7. Manifesto 2000 of Feminine Humor 27
8. From the Waist Down 43
9. What Is Diana Raznovich Laughing At? 73
10. Griselda Gambaro (Argentina)
11. Strip 95
12. Diamela Eltit (Chile)
13. Excerpts from Lumpérica (E. Luminata): ‘‘From Her Forgetfulness Project’’ and ‘‘Dress Rehearsal’’ 107
14. Diamela Eltit: Performing Action in Dictatorial Chile 117
15. Denise Stoklos (Brazil)
16. Selections from Writings on Essential Theatre 137
17. Casa 140
18. The Gestural Art of Reclaiming Utopia: Denise Stoklos at Play with the Hysterical-Historical 152
19. Astrid Hadad (Mexico)
20. Selected Lyrics and Monologue Fragments 181
21. Politics and Culture in a Diva’s Diversion: The Body of Astrid Hadad in Performance 187
22. Jesusa Rodriguez (Mexico)
23. Sor Juana in Prison: A Virtual Pageant Play 211
24. Nahuatlismo: The Aztec Acting Method 227
25. The Conquest According to La Malinche 231
26. Excerpts from ‘‘Genesis,’’ ‘‘Barbie: The Revenge of the Devil,’’ and ‘‘Censorship: The Bald Rat in the Garbage’’ 235
27. Katia Tirado And Ema Villanueva (Mexico)
28. Wrestling the Phallus, Resisting Amnesia: The Body Politics of Chilanga Performance Artists 247
29. Sabina Berman (Mexico)
30. The Agony of Ecstasy: Four One-Act Plays on a Single Theme 279
31. Petrona De La Cruz Cruz (Mexico)
32. A DesperateWoman: A Play in TwoActs 293
33. Eso sí pasa aquí: Indigenous Women Performing Revolutions in Mayan Chiapas 311
34. Teatro La Mascara (Colombia)
35. Teatro la máscara: Twenty-Eight Years of Invisibilized Theatre 333
36. Teresa Ralli (Peru)
37. Fragments of Memory 355
38. Excerpts from Antígona 365
39. Rosa Luisa Marquez (Puerto Rico)
40. Between Theatre and Performance 373
41. Teresa Hernandez (Puerto Rico)
42. How Complex Being Is, or, The Complex of Being 387
43. Teresa Hernández vs. the Puerto Rican Complex 394
44. Tania Bruguera (Cuba)
45. Performing Greater Cuba: Tania Bruguera and the Burden of Guilt 401
46. Selected Bibliography 417
47. Contributors 441