Contemporary Latin American Performance

Contemporary Latin American Performance:
Performance, Activism, and Memory in the Southern Cone

Research Sources & Tips

I. Course Reserves

Check out the Course Reserves.

II. Critical Biographies & Overviews

Encyclopedia of Latin American Theater

Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture

The Cambridge Companion to Modern Latin American Culture. F1408.3 .C283 2004

Theories of Memory: a Reader. / edited by Michael Rossington and Anne Whitehead; contributing editors, Linda Anderson ... [et al.]. BF371 .T446 2007a

III. Contemporary Latin American Performance (the Southern Cone)

A. Use Library Catalogs to find books

1. Tufts Libraries Catalog

2. WorldCat (beyond Tufts)

B. Searches & Results

(note the search pattern; modify to your own needs)

1. on Individual Countries

Theater -- Argentina

Argentine Drama

There may not be that many monographs on Chilean or Peruvian theaters in the Tufts Library; search for thematic studies (collections of essays):

(Peruvian or Peru) and (theater or theatre)

(Peruvian or Peru) and drama*

(Chilean or Chile) and (theater or theatre)

(Chilean or Chile) and drama*

Note: AND in between keywords and phrases; drama* searches for drama, dramatic, etc.; "or" and ( ) to nest related/varied expressions.

2. in the Larger Context of the Region

Latin American drama

Theater -- Latin America

Theater And Society -- Latin America.

3. on particular themes:

argentin* and (theater or perform*) and memor*

Latin American Performance

Advanced Keyword search; limiting to only books.

Material Type:

Path of Discovery in the Catalogs

1. Find a title/author (assigned readings/Course Reserves);

2. Note the descriptive language of the Catalog record.

3. Use that language in further searches

e.g. Click on subject/author in the record to see further results and related topics.

Author	Podalsky, Laura, 1964-
Title	Stages of conflict: a critical anthology of Latin American theater and performance. / edited by Diana Taylor and Sarah J. Townsend; translation coordinator, Margaret Carson.
Publisher	Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, c2008.
Subject	Latin American drama
	Theater -- Latin America
	Theater And Society -- Latin America.

Appendix I. Writing and Citing

Grant Writing Support At Tufts

MLA Style (for citing sources)

IV. More Specific and Current Discussions

A. Use the subject databases to find journal articles.

1 & 2. JSTOR and Project Muse

JSTOR is a favorite with its full texts in core journals of all disciplines. Project Muse does not include exactly the same JSTOR journals, but it has more recent and current articles on many topics.

Expand your search into more databases and from various perspectives

3. Academic OneFile
All subjects; a convenient Quick Start.

4. MLA International Bibliography

5. International Index to Performing Arts

6. Communication & Mass Media Complete

7. Dissertations & Theses

8. Arts and Humanities Citation Index

9. HAPI (Scholarship on Central and South America, Mexico, the Caribbean basin, the United States-Mexico border region, and Hispanics in the United States. Both English and Spanish language materials.)

10. Latin American Studies (Key titles from the above source)

11. ArchiveGrid (A database of archival collection descriptions)

12. When use GoogleScholar, set your Library Links to access Tufts full texts.

B. A few core journals:

Gestos

Latin American Research Review

Latin American Theatre Review (2010 - present)

Latin American Theatre Review (earlier years)

Teatro XXI

e-misferica

Comparative Drama

Modern Drama

New Theatre Quarterly: NTQ

PAJ: a Journal of Performance and Art

TD & T

TDR: The Drama Review

Theatre History Studies (print)

Theatre Journal

Theatre Research International

Theatre Studies (print)

Theatre Survey

Bulletin of Latin American Research

Hispanic American Historical Review

C. Finding Full Text

1. Click on the button in your search results screen to a window of three sequential options:

a. link to the digital full text when available;

b. link to a Library Catalog search for the print journal;

c. link to ILliad for requesting the article when the above two options are negative.

2. Search for a journal directly here:

a. Tufts Library Catalog (including e-journals)

b. Electronic journals list

c. Use ILliad to request your article, if Tufts does not have your journal.

D. Requesting Articles/Books

Set up for your ILliad account

Use ILLiad, our Interlibrary Loan Service, to request articles, books and other materials that are not available at Tufts.

V. Popular Press

Book, Movie, Music, Play, And Video Reviews (in LexisNexis)

Factiva (including Spanish Language sources)

Alt-PressWatch

Ethnic NewsWatch 1960 -

Latin American Newspapers Series 1, 1805-1922 (45 newspapers)

Latin American Newspapers Series 2, 1822-1922 (250 additional titles)

New York Times Online Archive
(1851 - 3 years before current date)

Times Digital Archive (1785 - 1985)

British Humanities Index (1962- )