Title Staging discomfort : performance and queerness in contemporary Cuba / Bretton White.

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Description	1 online resource (xiii, 243 pages) : illustrations
	text file
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Introduction: Dramatic Discomforts -- Instigating Intimacies: Las relaciones de Clara and Uncomfortable Closeness -- Sharing Shame: Reimagining Entrepreneurship in Baños públicos, S.A. -- Frustrating Futurity: Beauty and Pain in Pájaros de la playa -- Vexing Visibilities: Space and Queerness in Chamaco -- Fronting Failure: Testing Continuity in Perros que jamás ladraron -- Conclusion: Contrary to Community
Summary	"This volume examines how queer bodies are theatrically represented on the Cuban stage in ways that challenge the state's categorization and homogenization of individuals. Bretton White critically analyzes contemporary performances that upset traditional understandings of what constitutes the ideal Cuban citizenry"-- Provided by publisher.
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Subject	Homosexuality and theater -- Cuba.
	Homosexuality and theater.
	Cuba.
	Cuban drama -- History and criticism.
	Cuban drama.
	Gay people in the performing arts -- Cuba.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	Electronic books.
	Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Other Form:	Print version: White, Bretton. Staging discomfort Gainesville : University of Florida Press, 2020. 9781683401544 (DLC) 2019058787
ISBN	9781683401810 electronic book
	1683401816 electronic book
	9781683401544 hardcover
	1683401549
	9781683401544