Performing Utopia
Distributed for Seagull Books
288 pages
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20 halftones
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6 x 9
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© 2016
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- Review Quotes
Table of Contents

Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Rachel Bowditch and Pegge Vissicaro
Part One
Embodied utopias
Chapter 1
Learning from Ngᾱtahi: Rapumentary Film, the Utopian Imagination and Politics of the Possible
Luis Alvarez
Chapter 2
‘Indians on Parade’: Spectacular Encounters in the Canadian West
Lisa Doolittle and Anne Flynn
Chapter 3
Quadrilhas Caipiras: Encountering Difference and the Making of Creative Communities in Festas Juninas, Sᾶo Paulo, Brazil
Pegge Vissicaro
Part Two
Utopian Laughter from Minstrelsy to Burlesque
Chapter 4
The Arizona Renaissance Festival: A Performance in Three Movements
Kevin McHugh and Ann Fletchall
Chapter 5
The Wenches of the Philadelphia Mummers Parade: A Performance Genealogy
Christian Ducomb
Chapter 6
Revealed Spaces: The Burlesque Hall of Fame Weekend and Neo-burlesque Performance
Laura Dougherty
Part Three
Heterotopias and Dystopias as Contemporary Spaces of Healing
Chapter 7
Heterotopias of Power: Miners, Mapuche, and Soldiers in the Production of the Utopian Chile
Néstor Bravo Goldsmith
Chapter 8
Mourning En Masse: Tucson’s All Soul’s Day Procession
Rachel Bowditch
Chapter 9
Performing Dystopia: Hurricane Katrina and the 2006 Mardi Gras Parade
Katherine Nigh
Notes on Contributors
Index
Introduction
Rachel Bowditch and Pegge Vissicaro
Part One
Embodied utopias
Chapter 1
Learning from Ngᾱtahi: Rapumentary Film, the Utopian Imagination and Politics of the Possible
Luis Alvarez
Chapter 2
‘Indians on Parade’: Spectacular Encounters in the Canadian West
Lisa Doolittle and Anne Flynn
Chapter 3
Quadrilhas Caipiras: Encountering Difference and the Making of Creative Communities in Festas Juninas, Sᾶo Paulo, Brazil
Pegge Vissicaro
Part Two
Utopian Laughter from Minstrelsy to Burlesque
Chapter 4
The Arizona Renaissance Festival: A Performance in Three Movements
Kevin McHugh and Ann Fletchall
Chapter 5
The Wenches of the Philadelphia Mummers Parade: A Performance Genealogy
Christian Ducomb
Chapter 6
Revealed Spaces: The Burlesque Hall of Fame Weekend and Neo-burlesque Performance
Laura Dougherty
Part Three
Heterotopias and Dystopias as Contemporary Spaces of Healing
Chapter 7
Heterotopias of Power: Miners, Mapuche, and Soldiers in the Production of the Utopian Chile
Néstor Bravo Goldsmith
Chapter 8
Mourning En Masse: Tucson’s All Soul’s Day Procession
Rachel Bowditch
Chapter 9
Performing Dystopia: Hurricane Katrina and the 2006 Mardi Gras Parade
Katherine Nigh
Notes on Contributors
Index
Review Quotes
Journal of Dramatic Theory and Criticism
"Performing Utopia [is] an insightful reminder of the broad range of activities that can be analyzed through a utopian lens and the responsibility to address the dystopias and heterotopias that are often unintended byproducts of utopia."
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