GESTOS is
a multi-lingual journal devoted to critical studies of Spanish, Latin American
and US Latino theater. Articles are published in English, Portuguese, and
Spanish. Each issue includes four main sections: essays (ENSAYOS), performance
reviews of Hispanic texts from around the world (HISTORIA DEL TEATRO),
book reviews (RESEÑAS), and an unpublished play text (TEXTO) by
a prominent dramatist from the Hispanic world. GESTOS strives to integrate
studies on theory of theater and performance, Latin American, Spanish,
and US Latino theater by considering a variety of theoretical approaches.
GESTOS emphasize the relationship between theater and other visual and
performance practices from the perspective of cultural, theater, and visual
studies. GESTOS also aspires to contribute to the understanding of theater
as performance and cultural production.
GESTOS
has published essays and writings by well known international scholars
from Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Chile, England, France, Germany,
Israel, Italy, Mexico, Peru, Poland, Puerto Rico, Spain, United States,
Venezuela, and plays by some of the most important contemporary Hispanic
playwrights.
GESTOS
also relies on a network of international correspondents from Argentina,
Costa Rica, Colombia, Cuba, Chile, Denmark, the Dominican Republic, Italy,
France, Germany, Mexico, Peru, Puerto Rico, Spain, Venezuela, the United
States and Uruguay, who collaborate to make GESTOS a truly unique journal
dedicated to theater and its many ramifications.