Overview
Creates a necessary discussion on the topic of rethinking the current relevance of utopia, in a climate of global instability
Compiles reflections of academics in dialogue with artists and community organizers on the subject of utopia
Focuses on crucial, pioneering research being conducted by leaders in the academic and artistic field in order to create a discourse on utopia
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Table of contents (16 chapters)
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Mapping Utopias in Performance: Cross-Cultural (Dis)locations
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Indigenizing Utopian Performances: Colonial Legacies and Contemporary Challenges
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Political Manifestations and the Practice of Utopia: Global Connections
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Utopia and the Performance of Social Identities: Negotiating Collective Subjectivities
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About this book
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.
Reviews
“This inspiring, hopeful volume reinvigorates the potential of utopia as a concept, noting its operation in performance and representation in the Americas. These vivid essays—by artists and scholars alike—trace utopian impulses and performatives across a breathtaking range of work, illuminating the political possibilities of both performance and performatives. A necessary, transformative collection.” (Jill Dolan, author of “Utopia in Performance: Finding Hope at the Theater”)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Kim Beauchesne is Associate Professor at the University of British Columbia, Canada.
Alessandra Santos is Assistant Professor at the University of British Columbia, Canada.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Performing Utopias in the Contemporary Americas
Editors: Kim Beauchesne, Alessandra Santos
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-56873-1
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
License: CC BY
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-57154-0Published: 11 May 2017
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-56873-1Published: 09 May 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 323
Number of Illustrations: 17 illustrations in colour
Topics: Latin American Culture, Cultural Theory, Democracy, Cultural Studies, Sociology of Culture