Hidden Messages: Representation and Resistance in Andean Colonial Drama

by Raquel Chang-Rodríguez

This book offers a study of four works of Peruvian theater: Tragedy of Atahualpa's Death and Usca Paucar, informed by Quechua tradition, and Amar su propia muerte and La conquista del Per , written in Spanish. It underscores the importance of dramatic literature during the colonial period and advances our understanding of the many ways in which cultural conflict is viewed and performed in a heterogeneous society. Illustrated...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1611481112
• ISBN13: 9781611481112
• Release Date: July 1999
• Publisher: Bucknell University Press
• Length: 145 Pages