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Freak Performances - Dissidence in Latin American Theater (Hardcover)
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Freak Performances - Dissidence in Latin American Theater (Hardcover)
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The figure of the freak as perceived by the Western gaze has always
been a part of the Latin American imaginary, from the letters that
Columbus wrote about his encounters with dog-faced people to
Shakespeare's Caliban. The freak acquires greater significance in a
globalized, neoliberal world that defines the "abnormal" as one who
does not conform mentally, physically, or emotionally and is unable
or unwilling to follow the economic and cultural norms of the
institutions in power. Freak Performances examines the continuing
effects of colonialism on modern Latin American identities, with a
particular focus on the way it has constructed the body of the
other through performance. Theater questions the representations of
these bodies, as it enables the empowerment of the silenced other;
the freak as a spectacle of otherness finds in performance an
opportunity for re-appropriation by artists resisting the dominant
authority. Through an analysis of experimental theater, dance
theater, performance art, and gallery-based installation art across
eight countries, Analola Santana explores the theoretical issues
shaped by the encounters and negotiations between different bodies
in the current Latin American landscape.
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