A timely and exciting intervention at the intersection of Latinx and Shakespeare Studies Introduces the diverse ways that Shakespeare's works may be adapted for Latinx communities Offers detailed strategies for pedagogical and dramaturgical engagement with students when adapting Shakespeare for another culture Presents several approaches for English-to-English Shakespeare translation Attends to the breadth of Latinx populations culturally, generationally, linguistically, and educationally to break down homogenized notions of Latinidad Gives directors, voice coaches, actors, and playwrights a voice in scholarship Develops the theoretical lenses by which we analyze ethnic theatre Shakespeare and Latinidad is a collection of scholarly and practitioner essays in the field of Latinx theatre that specifically focuses on Latinx productions and appropriations of Shakespeare's plays. It is the first truly comprehensive treatment of this style of adaptation, bringing together the diverse voices working in this field today including leading academics, playwrights and theatre practitioners. This blend of essays and interviews reflects the transdisciplinary synthesis of scholarship, dramaturgy and pedagogy that shapes Latinx engagement with Shakespeare.

About the Author
Trevor Boffone is the founder of the 50 Playwrights Project. He is a Lecturer in the Women's, Gender & Sexuality Studies Program at the University of Houston. He is the author of Renegades: Digital Dance Cultures from Dubsmash to TikTok (Oxford University Press, 2021). He is the co-editor of Encuentro: Latinx Performance for the New American Theater (Northwestern University Press, 2019) and Nerds, Goths, Geeks, and Freaks: Outsiders in Chicanx and Latinx Young Adult Literature (University Press of Mississippi, 2020).Carla Della Gatta is a theatre historian and performance scholar. She is Assistant Professor of English at Florida State University. She received the J Leeds Barroll Dissertation Prize from the Shakespeare Association of America for her work on Shakespeare and Latinidad. She has published widely in journals such as Shakespeare Survey, Shakespeare Studies, and Bulletin of the Comediantes. Her monograph, Latinx Shakespeares: The Staging of Intracultural Theatre, is in process.

Reviews
"This book offers a unique and wonderfully broad collection of essays that introduce the reader to an important and little-known trend in Shakespeare and theatre studies. The editors have included essays by leading theatre artists, playwrights, directors, actors and scholars who celebrate Shakespeare as seen through the multiple perspectives of Latinx Shakespeares as performance, as literature and as community-building through professional and community-based theatre companies from coast to coast. " -Jorge Huerta, University of California San Diego



Book Information
ISBN 9781474488495
Author Trevor Boffone
Format Paperback
Page Count 256
Imprint Edinburgh University Press
Publisher Edinburgh University Press