About the seminar
Co-sponsored by the the Centre for Contemporary Latin American Studies, this free talk will explore recent expressions of political theater in Argentina, specifically the play Las putas de San Julián, by Rubén Mosquera. Based on Osvaldo Bayer's controversial historical study La Patagonia rebelde, Las putas de San Julián revisits the now infamous massacre of workers in La Patagonia, which brutally ended a two-year strike.
About the speaker
Fernando Operé is Professor of Spanish, and Director of the Latin American Studies Program at the University of Virginia. He is an expert on Colonial and 19th Century Latin American Literature, and Spanish and Latin American Poetry. Operé has published several books on cultural history, as well as numerous articles on romanticism, modernism, captivity literature, and the historical novel. Professor Operé has published ten books of poetry, and given readings and poetry workshops in the US, Spain, Mexico, and Argentina. He has directed more than thirty theatrical productions, an activity that he carries out every year.
Are you interested in Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies?
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