ABSTRACT
Cuban American playwright Dolores Prida (1943–2014) explores the trauma of geographical and cultural dislocation, the struggle to preserve a linguistic and cultural heritage in a hostile and discriminatory society, and the clash between traditional Latina gender norms and progressive feminist politics in the US. Whether one attends a professional, community, or university production of one of her plays, or reads the online archive of her advice column, Prida offers her audiences and readers survival strategies and ways to overcome disenfranchisement and disaffection, always while celebrating her bicultural sensibilities and efforts to promote Latina empowerment.
