Brenda Werth is Associate Professor of Latin American and Spanish Studies and Department Chair of World Languages and Cultures at American University. She is the coeditor of Bodies on the Front Lines: Performance Gender, and Sexuality in Latin America and the Caribbean.

• ContentsList of Illustrations: viiAcknowledgments: ixIntroduction: Argentina’s Culture of the Real: 1Chapter 1. Lola Arias: Researching the Past With Stunt Doubles and Time Machines: 27Chapter 2. Federico León: Everything Is an Archive; Everything Is Recorded: 66Chapter 3. Grupo Krapp: A Collaborative Choreography of Affects: 99Chapter 4. Romina Paula: Translating the Fantasy of the Real: 133Chapter 5. Mariano Pensotti: Curating Live Novels and Impossible Films: 167Conclusion: Deepfake Politics and Fictions of the Real: 200Notes: 213Works and Premieres: 223Bibliography: 225Index: 249

“Fictions of the Real is both ambitious and unpretentious; it recognizes other contributions to Argentinian performance studies while offering its own original approach to the subject. Werth’s well-researched and well-written book speaks to various audiences, reaching researchers, artists, and anyone interested in Latin American theater.”

Brenda Werth is Associate Professor of Latin American and Spanish Studies and Department Chair of World Languages and Cultures at American University. She is the coeditor of Bodies on the Front Lines: Performance Gender, and Sexuality in Latin America and the Caribbean.

• ContentsList of Illustrations: viiAcknowledgments: ixIntroduction: Argentina’s Culture of the Real: 1Chapter 1. Lola Arias: Researching the Past With Stunt Doubles and Time Machines: 27Chapter 2. Federico León: Everything Is an Archive; Everything Is Recorded: 66Chapter 3. Grupo Krapp: A Collaborative Choreography of Affects: 99Chapter 4. Romina Paula: Translating the Fantasy of the Real: 133Chapter 5. Mariano Pensotti: Curating Live Novels and Impossible Films: 167Conclusion: Deepfake Politics and Fictions of the Real: 200Notes: 213Works and Premieres: 223Bibliography: 225Index: 249

“Fictions of the Real is both ambitious and unpretentious; it recognizes other contributions to Argentinian performance studies while offering its own original approach to the subject. Werth’s well-researched and well-written book speaks to various audiences, reaching researchers, artists, and anyone interested in Latin American theater.”

Brenda Werth is Associate Professor of Latin American and Spanish Studies and Department Chair of World Languages and Cultures at American University. She is the coeditor of Bodies on the Front Lines: Performance Gender, and Sexuality in Latin America and the Caribbean.

• ContentsList of Illustrations: viiAcknowledgments: ixIntroduction: Argentina’s Culture of the Real: 1Chapter 1. Lola Arias: Researching the Past With Stunt Doubles and Time Machines: 27Chapter 2. Federico León: Everything Is an Archive; Everything Is Recorded: 66Chapter 3. Grupo Krapp: A Collaborative Choreography of Affects: 99Chapter 4. Romina Paula: Translating the Fantasy of the Real: 133Chapter 5. Mariano Pensotti: Curating Live Novels and Impossible Films: 167Conclusion: Deepfake Politics and Fictions of the Real: 200Notes: 213Works and Premieres: 223Bibliography: 225Index: 249

“Fictions of the Real is both ambitious and unpretentious; it recognizes other contributions to Argentinian performance studies while offering its own original approach to the subject. Werth’s well-researched and well-written book speaks to various audiences, reaching researchers, artists, and anyone interested in Latin American theater.”