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Freak performances : dissidence in Latin American theater /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Santana, Analola (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Ann Arbor, Michigan : University of Michigan Press, [2018]
Subjects:
Theater > Political aspects > Latin America.
Theater and society > Latin America.
Monsters in the theater.
Other (Philosophy) in the performing arts.
Postcolonialism > Social aspects > Latin America.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction. The Freak Onstage: From Colonialism to Neoliberalism
  • From Monster to Freak: A Latin American Genealogy of Corporeal Difference
  • Danger Unleashed: The Pathology of Difference as Deviance in the Latin American Neoliberal State
  • The Savage Exotic: Gender and Class in the Construction of Freakery
  • Violence and Politics on the Freak: The Perversion of Citizenship
  • Conclusions