Corpus Delecti

Performance Art of the Americas

Coco Fusco

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Routledge
18 November 1999

Performance art; Theatre Studies; Dance & Performing arts; Cultural studies

Corpus Delecti is an unprecedented event in the history of Latino performance art. Assembled and edited by one of the foremost practitioners and theorists in the field, it charts the extraordinary range of practices, narratives and theories which make up this unique area of contemporary performance. Using photos, scripts, essays and poetry, Corpus Delecti explores the impact on perfo rmance of Latin American politics, popular culture and syncretic religions. Nowhere else has such a vibrant and rich collection of writings and documents been fused into a comprehensive archive-volume. Fusco has brought together artists and scholars to bridge the theory/practice divide and to discuss a wide range of genres. They include: body art carpa vaudeville staged political protest tropicalist musical comedies the Chicano Art movement queer Latino performance Corpus Delecti probes for the first time the specific contexts which have shaped Latino American performance. It is at once a significant intervention into the history and analysis of contemporary art and an ensemble piece of textual visual work to treasure.

Edited by: Coco Fusco
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 246mm, Width: 174mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 860g
ISBN: 9780415194549
ISBN 10: 0415194547
Pages: 328
Publication Date: 18 November 1999
Audience: College/higher education , Primary , A / AS level
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

List of illustrations, Introduction: Latin American Performance and the Reconquista of Civil Space, Part I Heterotopic, Homoerotic, Hyper-Exotic Cabarets The Melodramatic Seductions of Eva Perón, Part II Ritualizing the Body Politic Henny-Penny Piano Destruction Concert, Part III Stepping Toward An Oppositional Public Sphere Sunday, July 25, 1965, Index

Coco Fusco is a New York based interdisciplinary artist and writer and the author of English is Broken Here: Notes on Cultural Fusion in the Americas (1995). She is currently Assistant Professor at Tyler School of Art.

Reviews for Corpus Delecti: Performance Art of the Americas

Corpus Delecti explodes...stereotypes, not by browbeating the Angloreader...but by offering a 'panorama' of perspectives on Latin American art.. - PAJ; A Journal of Performance and Art, Jennie Klein What is most notable about these essays ...is the degree to which they simultaneously address issues of cultureal and/or national specificity and avant-garde art production..... - PAJ; A Journal of Performance and Art, Jennie Klein Corpus Delecti is an important book for the history of performance art..... - PAJ; A Journal of Performance and Art, Jennie Klein Corpus Delecti details the forgotten past that must now be remembered, and suggests one way in which performance scholars can indeed begin to imagine a post-theatrical, post-anthropological age.. - PAJ; A Journal of Performance and Art, Jennie Klein The reader gains a visceral sense of a corporeal, very human landscape, a vernacular theatricality, and latinindad or different modes of Latin(a) performativity. A vivid, useful, tonally various and sometimes confrontational introduction.. -S. Golub, Choice