Les Altres Catalanes: Language, Gender, and Otherness on the Contemporary Catalan Stage

This paper addresses the ways in which the relationship between language, gender, and identity has been explored in contemporary Catalan theater and performance, drawing on a range of examples from across the Catalan-speaking regions. In particular, it will address the ways in which this relationship has been articulated around the question of how to represent the presence of "non-Catalan speaking" experience and "other Catalan" realities in the space of Catalan culture. The paper stems from ongoing research into the performance of "other" identities on the Catalan stage and, in particular, the effects of exile, migration and diaspora on the construction of the Catalan cultural space.