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The Catalonian Journey of American Drama 1909-2000: From Jimmy Valentine to The Vagina Monologues

The Catalonian Journey of American Drama 1909-2000: From Jimmy Valentine to The Vagina Monologues

Espejo, Ramón

Hardcover

Series: Studies in Hispanic and Lusophone Cultures, Book 59

Fiction AnthologiesTheater History

ISBN10: 1839541695
ISBN13: 9781839541698
Publisher: Legenda
Published: Feb 12 2024
Pages: 316
Weight: 1.55
Height: 0.75 Width: 6.69 Depth: 9.61
Language: English

This book delves into the fascinating journey of American drama in Catalonia, exploring how the theatrical output of a world superpower has impacted (and transformed) the stages of an allegedly minor actor in the cultural scene of the 20th century. Yet, while Catalonia is the birthplace of such geniuses as Joan Miró, Salvador Dalí or Antoni Gaudí, it is also that of playwrights Joan Brossa, Manuel de Pedrolo, Fermín Cabal or Jordi Galcerán, among others. All of them grew up in, and imbibed, a theatrescape in which American borrowings were not only habitual (often the only foreign plays around) but inspiring and groundbreaking. If Alias Jimmy Valentine re-defined theatrical decorum in Catalonia in the early 1900s, The Vagina Monologues, in the 1990s, challenged prevalent sexual taboos. Throughout the 20th century, Catalonia went from a peripheral, marginalized region of a once vast empire to a booming and largely autonomous centre of culture, recognized all over the world and admired for its uniqueness and original artistic contributions. American plays accompanied, and often directly inspired, such a journey.

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