The Dialogical Theatre: Dramatizations of the Conquest of Mexico and the Question of the Other

by M. Harris

Overview

In this adventurous and wide-ranging book, Harris weaves an intriguing tale of Franciscan Missionary theatre in early colonial Mexico and Indigenous dramatizations of the theme of conquest in modern Mexico. He offers fresh readings of representations of the conquest of Mexico by Dryden and Artaud and engages in a lively dialogue with Bakhtin's insistence that drama is a monological genre. Combining careful scholarship and an entertaining style, he develops his study of the theatre into a thoughtful and original meditation on the ethics of cross-cultural encounter.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780333534502
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	06/08/1993
Series:	Studies in Literature and Religion
Edition description:	1993
Pages:	211
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

MAX HARRIS

Table of Contents

General Editor's Preface - Preface - List of Illustrations - PART 1: THE QUESTION OF DRAMA - Dialogical Genres and Cultural Encounters - Aztec Maidens in Satin Gowns - A Marrano in Montezuma's Court - Aspiring Tyrants and Theatrical Defiance - PART 2: THE DRAMA IN MEXICO - Flower Wars and Battle Plays - Hernan Cort s, Sultan of Babylon - Santiago, the Sun King - Hidden Aztecs and Absent Spaniards - PART 3: THE QUESTION OF THE OTHER - Barbarians and Other Neighbours - Performing the Scriptures - Incarnation and Other Dialogues - Index