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Pragmatic Liberation and the Politics of Puerto Rican Diasporic Drama explores the work of a unique group of playwrights--Puerto Rican dramatists writing in the United States--who offer a model of political engagement. As members of the Puerto Rican diaspora, they have a heightened awareness of the systematic discrimination and the colonial citizenship created by Puerto Rico's territorial status. Pragmatic Liberation analyzes the work of established playwrights as well as work that has previously received little attention in the world of theater studies, including René Marqués's Palm Sunday. The book demonstrates how these playwrights use basic strategies of dramatic world building, premise, and given circumstances to model a nuanced way of moving toward liberation, while sensitive to the potential impact these actions might have on those closest to us. This is a crucially important model that needs more attention in our currently polarized political moment.

American drama --- Puerto Rican drama --- Theater --- Puerto Ricans --- Puerto Rican authors --- Political aspects. --- History and criticism.

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American drama --- American drama --- American drama --- Puerto Ricans --- Puerto Rican authors. --- Drama --- New York (N.Y.) --- Drama.

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The Nuyorican Poets Café has for the past forty years provided a space for multicultural artistic expression and a platform for the articulation of Puerto Rican and black cultural politics. The Café's performances--poetry, music, hip hop, comedy, and drama--have been studied in detail, but until now, little attention has been paid to the voices of its women artists. Through archival research and interview, Nuyorican Feminist Performance examines the contributions of 1970s and '80s performeras and how they challenged the Café's gender politics. It also looks at recent artists who have built on that foundation with hip hop performances that speak to contemporary audiences. The book spotlights the work of foundational artists such as Sandra María Esteves, Martita Morales, Luz Rodríguez, and Amina Muñoz, before turning to contemporary artists La Bruja, Mariposa, Aya de León, and Nilaja Sun, who infuse their poetry and solo pieces with both Nuyorican and hip hop aesthetics.

Poets, Puerto Rican --- Puerto Rican poetry --- Puerto Rican women --- American drama --- Women dramatists, American --- Puerto Rican authors. --- Nuyorican Poets Cafe.

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While it is rare for a poet to become a cultural icon, Julia de Burgos has evoked feelings of bonding and identification in Puerto Ricans and Latinos in the United States for over half a century. This work, a full-length study written in English, examines poet and political activist Julia de Burgos's development as a writer, her experience of migration, and her legacy in New York City.

Authors, Puerto Rican --- Puerto Rican authors --- Burgos, Julia de, --- De Burgos, Julia, --- Burgos García, Julia Constanza, --- García, Julia Constanza Burgos, --- Criticism and interpretation.

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American literature --- Cuban American literature (Spanish) --- Puerto Rican literature --- Spanish literature --- Littérature américaine --- Littérature cubaine-américaine (espagnole) --- Littérature portoricaine --- Puerto Rican authors --- Bio-bibliography --- Dictionaries --- Ecrivains portoricains --- Biobibliographie --- Dictionnaires anglais --- Hispanic American literature (Spanish) --- Dictionaries. --- Littérature américaine --- Littérature cubaine-américaine (espagnole) --- Littérature portoricaine --- History and criticism --- Cuban American literature --- United States --- Puerto Rican literature - Bio-bibliography - Dictionaries. --- Puerto Rican literature - History and criticism - Dictionaries. --- American literature - Puerto Rican authors - Bio-bibliography - Dictionaries. --- American literature - Puerto Rican authors - History and criticism - Dictionaries. --- Cuban American literature - Bio-bibliography - Dictionaries. --- Cuban American literature - History and criticism - Dictionaries. --- Spanish literature - United States - Bio-bibliography - Dictionaries. --- Spanish literature - United States - History and criticism - Dictionaries. --- Puerto Rican literature - Dictionaries. --- American literature - Puerto Rican authors - Dictionaries. --- Cuban American literature (Spanish) - Bio-bibliography - Dictionaries. --- Cuban American literature (Spanish) - Dictionaries. --- Hispanic American literature (Spanish) - Bio-bibliography - Dictionaries. --- Hispanic American literature (Spanish) - Dictionaries.