by Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
Season 2, Episode 9: Postcolonial Contact and Context
Hosted by Adam Hobbs, Molly Martinez-Collins, and Johnny Williams III
Points of Interest:
- Introduction to Loa to the Divine Narcissus
- Defining Key Concepts
- Postcolonialism
- New Spain and Aztec Empire Deconstruction
- Religious Identities: Polytheistic vs. Christianity
- Production History
- Sor Juana’s Life
- Works Related
- “You Foolish Men” (poem by Sor Juana)
- Sins of Sor Juana (play by Karen Zacarías)
- Juana Ines T.V. show by Patricia Arriaga-Jordán
- I, the Worst of All film by María Luisa Bemberg
- A Reading from Sor Juana’s Loa
Episode Transcript and Bibliography available here.
Season 2, Episode 10: Let’s Cast It!
Hosted by J. Paige Hilton and Caroline Lyons
Points of Interest:
- Understanding loas as a theatrical form
- Sor Juana’s life and work
- New Spain and the colonial agenda
- Deep dive into Aztec culture and tradition
- Identity-conscious casting and strategies for ethical staging and theatremaking
- Multilingual performance in action, with special guest Christopher Niesner
Episode Transcript and Bibliography available here.
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