Hemispheric America in Deep Time

This article introduces hemispheric performance studies to suggest that performance in the Americas – and the very idea of the ‘hemispheric’ – may be usefully engaged as a set of connected practices in deep time rather than as a continental mass in uniform space. The argument is illustrated in relat...

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Published in:Theatre research international 2010-07, Vol.35 (2), p.111-125
Main Author: LANE, JILL
Format: Article
Language:English
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Multimedia
Theater criticism
Theater history
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Summary:This article introduces hemispheric performance studies to suggest that performance in the Americas – and the very idea of the ‘hemispheric’ – may be usefully engaged as a set of connected practices in deep time rather than as a continental mass in uniform space. The argument is illustrated in relation to three contemporary artists: the Los Angeles-based photographer and multimedia artist Bruce Yonemoto, and the visual and performance artists Susana Torres from Lima, Peru, and Liliana Angulo from Bogotá, Colombia.
ISSN:0307-8833
1474-0672
DOI:10.1017/S0307883310000039