The Bard in the Borderlands – An Anthology of Shakespeare Appropriations en La Frontera, Volume 1

"The Bard in the Borderlands: An Anthology of Shakespeare Appropriations en La Frontera, Volume 1 features a wide range of plays that deftly re-imagine Shakespeare works from Borderlands perspectives. Unique, ground-breaking, exceptional, thought-provoking, and inherently fascinating, The Bard in the Borderlands is a distinctive, ground-breaking, and unreservedly recommended as an addition to personal, professional, community, college, and university library Shakespeare studies collections. Of special appeal and value for readers with an interest in Hispanic American Dramas & Plays." * Midwest Book Review *
"[T]hese plays are especially attentive to the social, political, and cultural implications of representation. Meaning, in this case, that better and more accurate representations of Latinx and Indigenous peoples, their cultures, and their stories and histories of survivance create on-stage the worlds we would like to see recreated in the real world. Intertwining the stage and world, I believe, would please Shakespeare in the same way and for the same reasons it will please readers of this collection and theatrical audiences of the plays. Moving from stage to world is a significant border to cross. And yet, this volume of Latinx and Indigenous Shakespearean appropriations inspires such hopes and dreams by opening spaces for dialogue with shared learning at the center. These spaces are as open to university and college denizens as they are to activists and community organizers who mutually envision brave new worlds created and sustained by art, theater, and storytelling.
¡Que viva Borderlands Shakespeare!" * The Shakespeare Newsletter *