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Author Acree, William G., Jr., author.

Title Staging frontiers : the making of modern popular culture in Argentina and Uruguay / William Garrett Acree Jr
Published Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2019
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Description 1 online resource (xv, 279 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series Diálogos series
Diálogos (Albuquerque, N.M.)
Contents Royal impressions and patriotic diversions: the social world of entertainment -- Hemispheric travelers -- The best show in town, straight from the countryside -- Going Creole -- Playing gaucho and the making of tradition -- Debating cultural representation -- Downfall and legacy
Summary In this expansive and engaging narrative William Acree guides readers through the deep history of popular entertainment before turning to circus culture and rural dramas that celebrated the countryside on stage. More than just riveting social experiences, these dramas were among the region's most dominant attractions on the eve of the twentieth century. Staging Frontiers further explores the profound impacts this phenomenon had on the ways people interacted and on the broader culture that influenced the region. This new, modern popular culture revolved around entertainment and related products, yet it was also central to making sense of social class, ethnic identity, and race as demographic and economic transformations were reshaping everyday experiences in this rapidly urbanizing region
Swashbuckling tales of valiant gauchos roaming Argentina and Uruguay were nineteenth-century Latin American bestsellers. But when the stories jumped from the page to the circus stage and beyond, their cultural, economic, and political influence revolutionized popular culture and daily life
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-266) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Amusements -- Argentina -- History
Amusements -- Uruguay -- History
Popular culture -- Argentina -- History
Popular culture -- Uruguay -- History
Equestrian drama -- Argentina -- History
Equestrian drama -- Uruguay -- History
Amusements
Equestrian drama
Popular culture
Argentina
Uruguay
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780826361066
0826361064