Freak Performances : Dissidence in Latin American Theater /

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"The figure of the freak as perceived by the Western gaze has always been a part of the Latin American imaginary, from the letters that Columbus wrote about his encounters with dog-faced people to Shakespeare's Caliban. The freak acquires greater significance in a globalized, neoliberal wo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Santana, Analola (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2018.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Theater > Political aspects.
Theater and society.
Postcolonialism > Social aspects.
Monsters in the theater.
HISTORY > Latin America > General.
PERFORMING ARTS > Theater > General.
Postcolonialisme > Aspect social > Amerique latine.
Monstres au theâtre.
Theâtre et societe > Amerique latine.
Theâtre > Aspect politique > Amerique latine.
Postcolonialism > Social aspects > Latin America.
Other (Philosophy) in the performing arts.
Theater and society > Latin America.
Theater > Political aspects > Latin America.
Latin America.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro; Contents; Introduction. The Freak Onstage: From Colonialism to Neoliberalism; One. From Monster to Freak: A Latin American Genealogy of Corporeal Difference; Two. Danger Unleashed: The Pathology of Difference as Deviance in the Latin American Neoliberal State; Three. The Savage Exotic: Gender and Class in the Construction of Freakery; Four. Violence and Politics on the Freak: The Perversion of Citizenship; Conclusions; Notes; Bibliography; Index

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