GESTOS is considered one of the most important journals in its field. It is a multi-lingual journal devoted to critical studies of Spanish, Latin American and US-Latino Theater. It is published by the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of California, Irvine, CA. GESTOS is associated with the Irvine Hispanic Theatre Research Group and co-sponsors the annual conference on Hispanic theatre at the University of California.

The journal was founded in 1986 with the objective of stimulating theoretical studies about theatre, to integrate and establish dialogue among specialists of various disciplines, to introduce unpublished dramatic texts and to provide material for future histories of theatre. Another of its objectives is to promote a larger integration between the theaters of Spain, Latin America, Portugal, Brazil, and Latinos in the United States.

GESTOS strives to integrate studies on theory of theater and performance by considering a variety of theoretical approaches. The journal emphasizes the relationship between theater and other visual and performance practices from the perspective of cultural, theater, and visual studies. It also aspires to contribute to the understanding of theater as performance and cultural production.

Each issue is organized into four main sections:

• Essays: This seeks to promote the development of dramatic and theatrical theories within the cultural spaces of the journal. This section, usually in English, is valuable to any scholar working on theory of drama or performance theory.

• Texts: carries the text of unpublished plays written by prominent dramatists from the Hispanic world.

• History of theatre: includes performance reviews of Hispanic documents as well as articles on developments in theatre throughout the Hispanic world.

• Book Reviews: commentary on books about theoretical aspects of theater and books on Latin American, Spanish and U.S. Latino theaters.

GESTOS also relies on a network of international correspondents. It 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 and Venezuela. It has also published plays by some of the most important contemporary Hispanic playwrights. These collaborations make GESTOS a truly unique journal.

Issues are released in April and November. Occasionally, monographic numbers are published. Articles are published in English, Portuguese, and Spanish. They are all included in LatAm-Studies Full Text.

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