{"id":1607,"date":"2014-04-17T15:55:45","date_gmt":"2014-04-17T15:55:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thecpr.org.uk\/?post_type=product&#038;p=1607"},"modified":"2014-04-17T15:55:45","modified_gmt":"2014-04-17T15:55:45","slug":"performing-spanishness","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/thecpr.org.uk\/product\/performing-spanishness\/","title":{"rendered":"Performing Spanishness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Performing Spanishness delves into the theatre of Spanish dramatist Jos\u00e9 Mar\u00eda Rodr\u00edguez M\u00e9ndez, one of the most significant Spanish playwrights of the twentieth century and an acerbic cultural commentator. This book traces the development of Rodr\u00edguez M\u00e9ndez\u2019s work from the hard times of the Franco dictatorship through the uncertainties of the transition to democracy. Rodr\u00edguez M\u00e9ndez\u2019s theatre is saturated by the socially explosive concept of Spanishness, dramatized as a dazzling range of popular performances of cultural identity in various periods from the middle ages to the present. The author locates this impression in Rodr\u00edguez M\u00e9ndez\u2019s interpretation of \u2018machismo espa\u00f1ol\u2019 as a volatile, universal articulation of Spanish identity charged with the dissident voice of popular resistance to constraining political and ideological structures. The analysis of Rodr\u00edguez M\u00e9ndez\u2019s work from the late 1950s to the mid-70s is enriched by detailed evidence from censors\u2019 reports, providing fascinating case studies of the unpredictability of censorship under a dictatorial regime.<\/p>\n\n<!-- Facebook Like Button v1.9.6 BEGIN [http:\/\/blog.bottomlessinc.com] -->\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fthecpr.org.uk%2Fproduct%2Fperforming-spanishness%2F&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=false&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height: 30px; align: left; margin: 2px 0px 2px 0px\"><\/iframe>\n<!-- Facebook Like Button END -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><em>History, cultural identity and censorship in the theatre of Jos\u00e9 Mar\u00eda Rodr\u00edguez M\u00e9ndez.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>By Michael Thompson<br \/>\nPublished by intellect books<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1606,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"product_cat":[30],"product_tag":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecpr.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/1607"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecpr.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecpr.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecpr.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1607"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecpr.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1606"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecpr.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecpr.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=1607"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecpr.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=1607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}