Performing Utopias in the Contemporary Americas

Beauchesne, Kim; Santos, Alessandra

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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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2017-05-11

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9781137571540

DOI: 10.1057/978-1-137-56873-1

Dimensions: 210cm x148cm

Pages: 323