| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Performing Latin American and Caribbean identities; Book 2 |
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Performing Latin American and Caribbean identities.
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| Contents |
Introduction: Living Quixote in the Americas -- Part 1. Transatlantic Quixotes: Brazilian transculturations of Don Quixote -- 1. "Transforming People Through Art": Transculturating Don Quixote in Brazil -- 2. American Quixotes: The Afterlife of Don Quixote in the Americas -- Part 2. Don Quixote of the streets: The performative approach to Don Quixote in Brazil -- 3. Don Quixote of the streets: Marginality and metatheater in Brazilian Don Quixote stage adaptations -- 4. The performative approach: The Brazilian third way of reading Don Quixote -- Part 3. Urban Quixotes: Performative activism and citizenship in contemporary Brazil -- 5. "A Place of Hope": Performing citizenship in contemporary Brazil -- 6. "Quixotinhos Urbanos": Performative activism and urban transformation in São Paulo -- Conclusion: Don Quixote lives on: Performative activism in the Americas |
| Summary |
"Examines contemporary appropriations of Miguel de Cervantes's masterpiece in political and social justice movements in the Americas, particularly in Brazil. The author examines long-term, Quixote-inspired activist efforts at the ground level, offering an applied model for cultural activism or, as he calls it, performative activism"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed |
| Subject |
Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, 1547-1616. Don Quixote -- Adaptations
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Don Quixote (Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de) |
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Social problems -- America
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Theater and society -- America
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Literature -- Adaptations.
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Social problems.
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Theater and society.
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America.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2019026479 |
| ISBN |
082652270X |
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9780826522702 |
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