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Reimagining Classics, the Classroom, and Community with Luis Alfaro book cover

1st Edition

Reimagining Classics, the Classroom, and Community with Luis Alfaro

Edited By Young Richard Kim Copyright 2026
200 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

200 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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This volume explores the adaptations of Greek tragedy, performances, and activism of playwright Luis Alfaro and their impact on the field of Classics, classroom instruction, and community outreach. The chapters in this volume are organized into three parts. Part One includes contributions that demonstrate how Alfaro’s reimagining of Greek tragedy has generated fascinating and complex lines of... Read more

Acknowledgments

List of Contributors

1.     Introduction – Young Richard Kim

Part One: Reimagining Classics with Luis Alfaro

2.     Alfaro’s Greek Trilogy: Borders, Impulses, and Beliefs – Yoandy Cabrera

3.     Articulating Pain beyond Aristotle in Alfaro’s Mojada – Julia Nelson Hawkins and Tom Hawkins

4.     Nahuatl Prayer in Luis Alfaro’s Mojada – Debra Freas

Part Two: Reimagining the Classroom with Luis Alfaro

5.     Teaching Tragic Form with Luis Alfaro – Naomi Weiss

6.     Alfaro’s Mojada, Euripides’s Medea, and Difficult Conversations in the Classics Classroom – Laurialan Reitzammer

7.     Teaching Luis Alfaro’s Electricidad, Oedipus El Rey, and Mojada at a Hispanic- and Minority-Serving Institution – Melinda Powers

Part Three: Reimagining the Community with Luis Alfaro

8.     The Power of Luis Alfaro Beyond the Classroom – Angeliki Tzanetou

9.     Riding with ‘Trici throughout the Dream: Finding Courage with Luis Alfaro – Sonya Madrigal

10.  The Civic Artist: An Interview with Luis Alfaro on Group Facilitation, Community Building, and Activism – Xiomara Cornejo

11.  Luis Alfaro: Building Community/Mental Health One Story at a Time – Christine Dunford

12.  Conclusion: Alfaro and the Future of Classics – Rosa Andújar

Bibliography

Index

Biography

Young Richard Kim is Associate Professor and Head of Classics and Mediterranean Studies, with an additional appointment in History, at the University of Illinois Chicago. He is a historian of the ancient Mediterranean world broadly, with interests in Late Antiquity, late ancient Christianity, and Byzantine Studies.

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