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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.
Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction: Living Quixote in the Americas
Part I: Transatlantic Quixotes: Brazilian Transculturations of Don Quixote
1. "Transforming People through Art": Transculturating Don Quixote in Brazil
2. American Quixotes: The Afterlife of Don Quixote in the Americas
Part II: Don Quixote of the Streets: The Performative Approach to Don Quixote in Brazil
3. Don Quixote of the Streets: Marginality and Metatheater in Brazilian Don Quixote Stage Adaptations
4. The Performative Approach: The Brazilian Third Way of Reading Don Quixote
Part III: Urban Quixotes: Performative Activism and Citizenship in Contemporary Brazil
5. "A Place of Hope": Performing Citizenship in Contemporary Brazil
6. "Quixotinhos Urbanos": Performative Activism and Urban Transformation in São Paulo
Conclusion: Don Quixote Lives On: Performative Activism in the Americas
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