Performances of suffering in Latin American migration : heroes, martyrs and saints /: heroes, martyrs and saints. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Ana Elena Puga, Víctor M. Espinosa.
• Authors: Puga, Ana Elena; Espinosa, Victor M
• Contents: Chapter 1: Introduction.- Part 1: Rescue.- Chapter 2:Heroic and Empathic Rescuers in Foundational Migrant Melodrama.- Chapter 3: Rescuers as Saints and Martyrs in Contemporary Migrant Melodrama.- Part 2: Mothers and Fathers.- Chapter 4: Madre Dolorosa: Casting Competitions in Mother Activism.- Chapter 5: Wounded Warriors: Corrective Castings in Male Activism.- Part 3: Children and Youth.- Chapter 6: Unaccompanied Migrant Children: Orphan-Martyrs in Motion.- Chapter 7: DREAMer Youth Artist-Activists: Queering Migrant Melodrama.- Chapter 8:Epilogue.
• Publisher Details: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white, and colour)
• Subjects: 862.0093552; Latin American drama -- History and criticism; Drama -- History and criticism; Central Americans -- United States; Mexicans -- United States; Suffering in literature; Immigrants in literature
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783030374099
• Related ISBNs: 9783030374082
• Notes: Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.