| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 289 pages) |
| Series |
Cultural studies of the Americas ; v. 15 |
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Cultural studies of the Americas ; v. 15.
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| Contents |
Prologue: Metaphors for Approaching National Culture; Acknowledgments; 1. The Interpretation of National Culture from the Site of Popular Cultural Practice; 2. To Open Up the Night: Carnival and the Struggle for a National, Democratic, and Popular Order; 3. Theology of Carnival: The Religious Masks of Carnivalesque Theater; 4. Bodies, Costumes, and Characters; 5. Carnival Celebrates the National Popular Epic; Conclusion: From the Garden of the Comparsas; Appendix: Librettos of Principal Murgas from the Montevideo Carnival, 1988; Notes |
| Summary |
Focusing on the cultural practices of the lower classes and specifically on the productions of the murgas, Carnival Theater is a consideration of Uruguayan societys identity crisis and subsequent redefinition in the wake of the regimes of the 1970s. A revealing work of cultural criticism, the book proposes a new set of criteria for the critique of national culture |
| Notes |
"Originally published as: Murgas : el teatro de los tablados : interpretacioń y crit́ica de la cultura nacional, ©1996"--Title page verso |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-289) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Carnival -- Uruguay
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Street theater -- Uruguay
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Popular culture -- Uruguay
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Customs & Traditions.
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HISTORY -- Latin America -- General.
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Carnival
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Manners and customs
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Popular culture
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Street theater
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| SUBJECT |
Uruguay -- Social life and customs
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| Subject |
Uruguay
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780816690817 |
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0816690812 |
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1299914217 |
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9781299914216 |
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