Performing Spanishness

History, Cultural Identity & Censorship in the Theatre of José Maria Rodriguez Mendez

By: Michael Thompson

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Paperback | 1 February 2007 | Edition Number 1

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Jose Maria Rodriguez Mendez is a noted playwright, an acerbic cultural critic, and a political dissident under Franco. In Performing Spanishness, the first English-language examination of Mendez's life and work, Michael Thompson sets the playwright's lifelong struggle against censorship in the context of Spain's shifting national identity. Mendez's work presents "Spanishness" not as a static trait, but as an ongoing performance; Performing Spanishness is an indispensable resource to those interested in theater, Spain, and the relationship between art and activism.

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"Thompson is able to reveal the more nuanced thinking of a subject whose work squarely addresses questions of where Spanish identity lies, taking against the perceived indiscriminate internationalism of the avantgarde to excavate Spanishness, whilst at the same time attempting to seize it from hegemonic and homogenizing discourses." - Helena Buffery, Bulletin of Hispanic Studies "Performing Spanishness can be considered a valuable contribution to twentieth-century Spanish theatre studies and a resource for those interested in debates on social and cultural history and Spanish national identities." - Catherine O'Leary, Contemporary Theatre Review

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List of illustrations	p. 7
Introduction	p. 9
Dramatizing Spanishness	p. 17
Rodriguez Mendez's essays: realism, machismo espanol, inteligencia espanola and historical theatre	p. 43
Inteligencia espanola	p. 48
Machismo espanol	p. 51
Historical theatre	p. 61
Summing up: the continuous 'play' of history, culture and power	p. 66
History from below (1): enclosed spaces	p. 71
Vagones de madera	p. 73
En las esquinas, banderas	p. 85
La Mano Negra	p. 88
El vano ayer	p. 93
History from below (2): open spaces	p. 103
El circulo de tiza de Cartagena	p. 104
Bodas que fueron famosas del Pingajo y la Fandanga	p. 110
Historia de unos cuantos	p. 128
La Chispa	p. 144
Leading roles in history	p. 153
Flor de Otono	p. 154
El pajaro solitario	p. 169
Literatura espanola	p. 174
Teresa de Avila	p. 176
Isabelita tiene angel	p. 178
Reconquista	p. 181
Soy madrileno	p. 185
Fading echoes of the past in contemporary Spain	p. 193
Ultima batalla en El Pardo	p. 194
Contemporary Spain: the decline of machismo espanol	p. 197
Disillusionment and disorientation after Franco	p. 206
Conclusions	p. 213
Bibliography	p. 218
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Performing Spanishness

History, Cultural Identity & Censorship in the Theatre of José Maria Rodriguez Mendez

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