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Living Quixote : performative activism in contemporary Brazil and the Americas /
"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 activis...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Nashville :
Vanderbilt University Press,
[2020]
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| Series: | Performing Latin American and Caribbean identities.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of 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.