'The Black Body' in TWAS' MEDEA and Pecong and CTH's Trojan Women -- 'Executing Stereotypes' in Luis Alfaro's Electricidad, Oedipus El Rey, and Mojada -- Representing 'Woman' in Split Britches' Honey I'm Home, the F-RTC's Oedipus Rex XX/XY, and Douglas Carter Beane and Lewis Flynn's Lysistrata Jones -- 'Disidentification' in Allain Rochel's Bacchae, Tim O'Leary's The Wrath of Aphrodite, and Aaron Mark's Another Medea -- Challenging the Stereotype of the 'Disabled Veteran' in Aquila's A Female Philoctetes and Outside the Wire's Ajax.
Summary:
This volume investigates a cross-section of performances of Greek tragedy on the contemporary American stage that have been produced by or for minority communities to challenge the long-standing stereotypes and political and social practices that have contributed to the marginalization of these cultures.
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