Faculty Work by year
Title
Introduction: Confronting the Challenges of the 21st Century.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
6-30-2022
Publication Title
Comedia Performance
Volume Number
19
Issue Number
1
DOI
https://doi.org/10.5325/comeperf.19.1.0001
Abstract
f in the early part of the twenty-first century there has been a moment prone to rethink history, both History with a capital H and the more silenced intra-history [intrahistoria], one could say that it has been the period framed by the COVID-19 crisis. From the decree of the worldwide state of alarm in March 2020 to the present day, as we have all learned to cope with a “new normal” order of things, this bracket of time has been decisive in re-assessing our world. In addition to the pandemic chaos, other social and political crises occurred at the same time leaving an imprint difficult to erase. We are referring here to racial protests, the new social movements that arose in their wake, and the controversial presidential changeover in the United States. All of these events have shaken the foundations of our society, forcing us to turn inward. ...
First Page
1
Last Page
5
Recommended Citation
Nieto-Cuebas, Glenda Y.; Cowling, Erin Alice; and Fernández, Esther, "Introduction: Confronting the Challenges of the 21st Century." (2022). Faculty Work by year. 51.
https://digitalcommons.owu.edu/faculty_pubs/51
Link Out URL
https://doi.org/10.5325/comeperf.19.1.0001