Priscilla Melendez. The Politics of Farce in Contemporary Spanish American Theatre.(Book review) From: Symposium | Date: January 1, 2008| Author: Cypess, Sandra Messinger | COPYRIGHT 2008 Heldref Publications. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

PRISCILLA MELENDEZ. The Politics of Farce in Contemporary Spanish American Theatre. North Carolina Studies in the Romance Languages and Literatures 282. Chapel Hill: U of North Carolina Dept. of Romance Lang., 2006. 227 pp.

THE POLITICS OF FARCE IN CONTEMPORARY SPANISH AMERICAN THEATRE is for those who thought that genre studies were outmoded in this postmodern era. Composed of six chapters, it is the first book-length study of the role of farce in Spanish American theat...

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