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BL
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1020126
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b774496
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| Uniform Title
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Murgas.English
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| Main Entry
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Remedi, Gustavo
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| Title & Author
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Carnival theater : : Uruguay's popular performers and national culture /\ Gustavo Remedi ; translated by Amy Ferlazzo.
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| Publication Statement
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Minneapolis :: University of Minnesota Press,, ©2004.
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| Series Statement
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Cultural studies of the Americas ;; v. 15
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| Page. NO
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1 online resource (xviii, 289 pages)
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| ISBN
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0816690812
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: 1299914217
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: 9780816690817
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: 9781299914216
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0816634548
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0816634556
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9780816634545
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9780816634552
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| Notes
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"Originally published as: Murgas : el teatro de los tablados : interpretacioń y crit́ica de la cultura nacional, ©1996"--Title page verso.
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-289) and index.
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| Contents
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Prologue: Metaphors for Approaching National Culture; Acknowledgments; 1. The Interpretation of National Culture from the Site of Popular Cultural Practice; 2. To Open Up the Night: Carnival and the Struggle for a National, Democratic, and Popular Order; 3. Theology of Carnival: The Religious Masks of Carnivalesque Theater; 4. Bodies, Costumes, and Characters; 5. Carnival Celebrates the National Popular Epic; Conclusion: From the Garden of the Comparsas; Appendix: Librettos of Principal Murgas from the Montevideo Carnival, 1988; Notes.
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| Abstract
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Focusing on the cultural practices of the lower classes and specifically on the productions of the murgas, Carnival Theater is a consideration of Uruguayan societys identity crisis and subsequent redefinition in the wake of the regimes of the 1970s. A revealing work of cultural criticism, the book proposes a new set of criteria for the critique of national culture.
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Carnival-- Uruguay.
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Popular culture-- Uruguay.
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Street theater-- Uruguay.
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Carnival.
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HISTORY-- Latin America-- General.
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Manners and customs.
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Popular culture.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Customs Traditions.
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Street theater.
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Uruguay, Social life and customs.
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Uruguay.
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| Dewey Classification
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394.25/09895
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| LC Classification
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GT4240.A2R4513 2004eb
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