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Carnival theater : Uruguay's popular performers and national culture /

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 p...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Remedi, Gustavo (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
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Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, ©2004.
Series:Cultural studies of the Americas ; v. 15.
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Online Access:Texto completo
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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.
Item Description:"Originally published as: Murgas : el teatro de los tablados : interpretacioń y crit́ica de la cultura nacional, ©1996"--Title page verso
Physical Description:1 online resource (xviii, 289 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-289) and index.
ISBN:9780816690817
0816690812
1299914217
9781299914216