Author : Kim Beauchesne
Release : 2017-05-09
Genre : Social Science
Kind : eBook
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Book Synopsis Performing Utopias in the Contemporary Americas by : Kim Beauchesne
Download or read book Performing Utopias in the Contemporary Americas written by Kim Beauchesne. This book was released on 2017-05-09. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.