Latina Performance: Traversing the Stage

A study exploring the role of Latina women in theater performance, literature, and criticism.

Arrizón's examination of Latina performance spans the twentieth century, beginning with oral traditions of corrido and revistas. She examines the soldadera and later theatrical personalities such as La Chata Noloesca and contemporary performance artist Carmelita Tropicana.

Latina Performance considers the emergence of Latina aesthetics developed in the United States, but simultaneously linked with ...