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Living Quixote

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The 400th anniversaries of Don Quixote in 2005 and 2015 sparked worldwide celebrations that brought to the fore its ongoing cultural and ideological relevance. Living Quixote examines contemporary appropriations of Miguel de Cervantes's masterpiece in political and social justice movements in the Americas, particularly in Brazil. In this book, Cervantes scholar Rogelio Miñana examines long-term, Quixote-inspired activist efforts at the ground level. Through what the author terms performative activism, Quixote-inspired theater companies and nongovernmental organizations deploy a model for rewriting and enacting new social roles for underprivileged youth. Unique in its transatlantic, cross-historical, and community-based approach, Living Quixote offers both a new reading of Don Quixote and an applied model for cultural activism—a model based, in ways reminiscent of Paulo Freire, on the transformative potential of performance, literature, and art.

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ISBN: 9780826522689
Publication date: 30th January 2020
Author: Rogelio Minana
Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press
Format: Hardback
Pagination: 280 pages
Series: Performing Latin American and Caribbean Identities
Genres: Theatre studies
Theatre direction and production
Literary studies: general
Political activism
International relations
Literary studies: plays and playwrights
Individual actors and performers