Performing Utopias in the Contemporary Americas

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1137571543
• ISBN13: 9781137571540
• Release Date: May 2017
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 323 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.8" x 8.3"