Performing the US Latina and Latino Borderlands

by Arturo J. Aldama (Editor), Micaela Díaz-Sánchez (Contributor), María Lugones (Contributor)

In this interdisciplinary volume, contributors analyze the expression of Latina/o cultural identity through performance. With music, theater, dance, visual arts, body art, spoken word, performance activism, fashion, and street theater as points of entry, contributors discuss cultural practices and the fashoning of identity in Latino/a communities throughout the US. Examining the areas of crossover between Latin and American cultures gives new meaning to the notion of "borderlands." This volume features senior scholars and up-and-coming academics from cultural, visual, and performance studies, folklore, and ethnomusicology.

522 pages, Hardcover

First published September 11, 2012