Performance constellations : networks of protest and activism in Latin America / Marcela A. Fuentes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fuentes, Marcela A., author.

Series:

Theater--theory/text/performance.

Theater: Theory/Text/Performance Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Latin America-Social conditions-20th century.

Latin America--Social conditions--20th century.

Latin America.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (163 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2019]

Summary:

Performance Constellations maps transnational protest movements and the dynamics of networked expressive behavior in the streets and online, as people struggle to be heard and effect long-term social justice.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction. Updating Protest and Activism: Hemispheric Performance Constellations

One. Assembling Convergence Online: NAFTA, the Zapatistas, and the Electronic Disturbance Theater

Two. Articulating Local and Global Resistance: Fugitive Capital and On-/Offline Protests in Argentina

Three. Expanding Moves, Enacting Futurity: Debt Governance, Transmedia Activism, and the Chilean "Fearless Generation

Four. Contesting Disappearance after Ayotzinapa: State Terror, Hashtags, and the Pulsating Event

Conclusion. Together We Are Infinite: Projecting Performance Constellations

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

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OCLC:

1121132449