List of Illustrations ix Preface xiii Unimagined Communities / Diana Taylor and Roselyn Costantino 1 Diana Raznovich (Argentina) 25 Manifesto 2000 of Feminine Humor / Translated by Marlene Ramirez-Cancio and Shanna Lorenz 27 From the Waist Down / Translated by Shanna Lorenz 43 What is Diana Raznovich Laughing At? / Diana Taylor 73 Griselda Gambaro (Argentina) 93 Strip / Translated by Marguerite Feitlowitz 95 Diamela Eltit (Chile) 105 Excerpts from Lumperica (E. Luminata): "From Her Forgetfulness Project" and "Dress Rehearsal" / Translated by Ronald Christ 107 Diamela Eltit: Performing Action in Dictatorial Chile/ Robert Neustadt 117 Denise Stoklos (Brazil) 135 Selections from Writings on Essential Theatre/ Translated by Diana Taylor 137 Casa / Translated by Denise Stoklos and Diana Taylor 140 The Gestural Art of Reclaiming Utopia: Denise Stoklos at Play with the Hysterical-Historical / Leslie Damasceno 152 Astrid Hadad (Mexico) 179 Selected Lyrics and Monologue Fragments / Translated by Roselyn Costantino and Lorna Scott 181 Politics and Culture in a Diva's Diversion: The Body of Astrid Hadad in Performance / Roselyn Costantino 187 Jesusa Rodriguez (Mexico) 209 Sor Juana in Prison: A Virtual Pageant Play / Translated by Diana Taylor with Marlene Ramirez-Cancio 211 Nahuatlismo: The Aztec Acting Method / Translated by Marlene Ramirez-Cancio 227 The Conquest According to La Malinche / Translated by Marlene Ramirez-Cancio 231 Excerpts from "Genesis," "Barbie: The Revenge of the Devil,' and "Censorship: The Bald Rat in the Garbage" / Translated by Roselyn Costantino 235 Katia Tirado and Ema Villanueva (Mexico) 245 Wrestling the Phallus, Resisting Amnesia: The Body Politics of Chilanga Performance Artists / Antonio Prieto Stambaugh 247 Sabina Berman (Mexico) 275 The Agony of Ecstasy: Four One-Act Plays on a Single Theme / Translated by Adam Versenyi 279 Petrona de la Cruz Cruz (Mexico) 291 A Desperate Woman: A Play in Two Acts / Translated by Shanna Lorenz 293 Eso si pasa aqui: Indigenous Women Performing Revoultions in Mayan Chiapas / Teresa Marrero 311 Teatro la Mascara (Colombia) 331 Teatro la mascara: Twenty-Eight Years of Invisibilized Theatre / Marlene Ramirez-Cancio 333 Teresa Ralli (Peru) 353 Fragments of Memory / Translated by Margaret Carson 355 Excerpts from Antigona / Jose Watanabe, Translated by Margaret Carson 365 Rosa Luisa Marquez (Puerto Rico) 371 Between Theatre and Performance / Translation and photos by Miguel Villefane 373 Teresa Hernandez (Puerto Rico) 385 How Complex Being Is, or The Complex of Being / Translated by Marlene Ramirez-Cancio 387 Teresa Hernandez vs. the Puerto Rican Complex / Vivian Martinez Tabares, Translated by Margaret Carson 394 Tania Bruguera (Cuba) 399 Performing Greater Cuba: Tania Bruguera and the Burden of Guilt / Jose Munoz 401 Selected Bibliography 417 Contributors 441.