Mayumi Denise Senoi Ilari

Professor Mayumi Ilari teaches at University of São Paulo’s  Modern Languages Department since 2009, in the Linguistic and Literary Studies in English Area, and researches British and American drama in the context of modern and contemporary theatres, relating theatre, history and dramatic forms. She also researches  political theatre, experimental and collective theatre and puppetry, among other modern and contemporary forms.

Some publications

Puppetry, Cultural Manifestations and Environmental Issues: Folk Puppet Tradition and New Dancing Amazonian Puppets in Brazil

Sam Shepard revisitado: Salem e Kent no Vietnã ao lado

Um teatro da violência: In-Yer-Face, a dramaturgia gestada na era Thatcher

Rumos do teatro norte-americano: continuidades e contradições em duas de suas principais companhias de teatro de vanguarda, na cena contemporânea

Pão e Arte nas Sendas do Teatro Norte-Americano, da Contracultura ao WikiLeaks

Entre o Drama e a Tragédia Elisabetana, a Crítica à Burguesia em Lorenzaccio, de Musset