{"product_id":"living-quixote-rogelio-minana-9780826522696","title":"Living Quixote: Performative Activism in Contemporary Brazil and the Americas","description":"The 400th anniversaries of \u003ci\u003eDon Quixote\u003c\/i\u003e in 2005 and 2015 sparked worldwide celebrations that brought to the fore its ongoing cultural and ideological relevance. \u003ci\u003eLiving Quixote\u003c\/i\u003e examines contemporary appropriations of Miguel de Cervantes's masterpiece in political and social justice movements in the Americas, particularly in Brazil. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this book, Cervantes scholar Rogelio Mina 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, \u003ci\u003eLiving Quixote\u003c\/i\u003e offers both a new reading of \u003ci\u003eDon Quixote\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rogelio Minana\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0826522696\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780826522696\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vanderbilt University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/15\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 260\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.86lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.59d","brand":"Rogelio Minana","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45482008051967,"sku":"9780826522696","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_18f97a25-bba0-413b-981d-5ffba6315fb1.jpg?v=1715988308","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/living-quixote-rogelio-minana-9780826522696","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}