Sonic strategies: performing Mexico's war on drugs, mourning, and feminicide

"Sonic Strategies highlights what author Christina Baker refers to as the "sonic strategies" employed by contemporary performance artists in Mexico in response to the violence surrounding the government's so-called War on Drugs. The introduction presents the theme, and each subse...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Baker, Christina 1985- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
Published: Nashville, Tennessee Vanderbilt University Press 2023
In:Year: 2023
Online Access: Table of Contents
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Availability in Tübingen:Present in Tübingen.
UB: KB 21 A 3513
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Keywords:
Performance art > Political aspects > Mexico
Drug control > Mexico
Sound > Psychological aspects
Sound in art
Mexiko > Performance > Künste > Drogenhandel > Frauenmord > Armut
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Summary:"Sonic Strategies highlights what author Christina Baker refers to as the "sonic strategies" employed by contemporary performance artists in Mexico in response to the violence surrounding the government's so-called War on Drugs. The introduction presents the theme, and each subsequent chapter focuses on the works of one or more performance artist. Taken together, the case studies illuminate how critiques of the nation's rising death tolls, governmental corruption, and gendered violence very literally sound"--
Item Description:Aus den Impressum: First printing 2023, copyright 2024
Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:ix, 291 Seiten
ISBN:9780826505989
9780826505996