La nocion de cuerpo en el performance y la literature Latinoamericana examines the concept of the body in Latin American performance and literature, and captures the evolution of the performance as a body discourse. I argue that the concept of performance is a manifestation of politics, and that the use of corporal expression makes a political statement. This statement unravels multiple discourses in gender, identity and power. Specifically, I have analyzed the performances of the Colombian, Rosemberg Sandoval, the Brazilian, Denise Stoklos and the narrative work of the Chilean, Pedro Lemebel. I fleshed out a pattern of minimalism, recycling, and excess. Each artist's work reveals a corresponding concept, which challenges and subverts a patriarchal power structure, questioning the status quo and thereby enabling a theoretical discussion about marginalization, violence and power. For instance, in the first chapter of Rosemberg Sandova, I analyze the excesses of his society and translate them into everyday recycled elements to contest issues of marginalization and the brutality of a violent Colombia. In the second chapter of Denise Stoklos, I examine how she subverts a society known for its excess through a drastic reduction of different elements on the stage, in order to dislocate the power structure in contemporary society. By contrast, in the third chapter, I analyze the concept of excess in Pedro Lemebel's chronicle and performance. His work reveals the excess of marginalization, violence and power during the dictatorship and post-dictatorship in Chile / acase@tulane.edu
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:TULANE/oai:http://digitallibrary.tulane.edu/:tulane_25847 |
| Date | January 2011 |
| Contributors | Sanchez, Alejandra (Author), Shea, Maureen E (Thesis advisor) |
| Publisher | Tulane University |
| Source Sets | Tulane University |
| Language | Spanish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Rights | Access requires a license to the Dissertations and Theses (ProQuest) database., Copyright is in accordance with U.S. Copyright law |
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