Performing Spanishness

<p>José María Rodríguez Méndez is a noted playwright an acerbic cultural critic and a political dissident under Franco. In Performing Spanishness the first English-language examination of Méndez's life and work Michael Thompson sets the playwright's lifelong struggle against censorship in the context of Spain's shifting national identity. Méndez's work presents 'Spanishness' not as a static trait but as an ongoing performance; Performing Spanishness is an indispensable resource to those interested in theatre Spain and the relationship between art and activism.</p>