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  • Performances That Change the Americas by Stuart Alexander Day book cover
  • Performances That Change the Americas by Stuart Alexander Day book cover
  • Performances That Change the Americas by Stuart Alexander Day book cover
  • Performances That Change the Americas by Stuart Alexander Day book cover
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Performances That Change the Americas

by Stuart Alexander Day

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Performance as a force in public life

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Performance as a force in public life

This essay collection examines activist performances linked to theatre and performance training across the Americas, from Canada to the Southern Cone. Its chapters draw on examples from multiple countries to consider how ordinary people can influence historical change through collective, embodied expression. The volume also foregrounds marginalized groups and the ways their stories connect artistic practice with politics. With its regional scope and case-based approach, it offers a focused account of performance not only as an art form, but also as a means of public action and historical participation.

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  • Students and scholars of theatre or performance studies
  • Readers interested in art and politics across the Americas
  • Those studying activism, collective action, and marginalized histories

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Activist performanceArt and politicsCollective actionMarginalized histories

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Book overview

This collection of essays explores activist performances, all connected to theater or performance training, that have changed the Americas--from Canada to the Southern Cone.

Through the study of specific examples from numerous countries, the authors of this volume demonstrate a crucial, shared outlook: they affirm that ordinary people change the direction of history through performance. This project offers concrete, compelling cases that emulate the modus operandi of people like historian Howard Zinn. In the same spirit, the chapters treat marginal groups whose stories underscore the potentially unstoppable and transformative power of united, embodied voices.

This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of theatre, performance, art and politics.

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