Performing Utopias in the Contemporary Americas

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ISBN: 1137571543
ISBN 13: 9781137571540
Herausgeber: Kim Beauchesne/Alessandra Santos
Verlag: Springer Verlag GmbH
Umfang: xix, 323 S., 17 farbige Illustr., 323 p. 17 illus. in color.
Erscheinungsdatum: 11.05.2017
Auflage: 1/2017
Produktform: Gebunden/Hardback
Einband: GEB

This book offers an innovative examination of the utopian impulse through performance as a proposition of practical engagement in the contemporary Americas. The volume compiles unique multidisciplinary and exploratory texts, applying diverse critical and artistic approaches. Its contributors reconceptualize utopia as a creative and theoretical method based on a commitment to sociopolitical transformation. Chapters are organized around notions of mapping utopias, indigenizing practices, political manifestations, and the construction of social identities.

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Beschreibung

This book offers an innovative examination of the utopian impulse through performance as a proposition of practical engagement in the contemporary Americas. The volume compiles unique multidisciplinary and exploratory texts, applying diverse critical and artistic approaches. Its contributors reconceptualize utopia as a creative and theoretical method based on a commitment to sociopolitical transformation. Chapters are organized around notions of mapping utopias, indigenizing practices, political manifestations, and the construction of social identities.

Autorenporträt

Kim Beauchesne is Associate Professor at the University of British Columbia, Canada. Alessandra Santos is Assistant Professor at the University of British Columbia, Canada.

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