@article{9781137571540, recid = {807120}, author = {Beauchesne, Kim, and Santos, Alessandra,}, title = {Performing utopias in the contemorary Americas /}, publisher = {Palgrave Macmillan,}, address = {New York, NY :}, number = {9781137571540}, pages = {1 online resource.}, year = {2017}, note = {Includes index.}, abstract = {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.}, url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/807120}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-56873-1}, }