Corpus Delecti - Performance Art of the Americas

List of contents

List of illustrations, Introduction: Latin American Performance and the Reconquista of Civil Space, Part I Heterotopic, Homoerotic, Hyper-Exotic Cabarets The Melodramatic Seductions of Eva Perón, Part II Ritualizing the Body Politic Henny-Penny Piano Destruction Concert, Part III Stepping Toward An Oppositional Public Sphere Sunday, July 25, 1965, Index

Summary

The most comprehensive volume on performance art from the Americas to have appeared in English, Corpus Delecti is a unique collection of historical and critical studies of contemporary Latin performance.

Product details

• Assisted by: Coco Fusco (Editor), Fusco Coco (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.11.1999
• EAN: 9780415194532
• ISBN: 978-0-415-19453-2
• No. of pages: 328
• Dimensions: 174 mm x 246 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 770 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Dance, PERFORMING ARTS / General, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General, Theatre Studies, Other performing arts, Performance Art