Staging Frontiers
Winner of the 2020 Best Book in the Nineteenth Century Award from the LASA Nineteenth Century SectionSwashbuckling tales of valiant gauchos roaming Argentina and Uruguay were nineteenth-century Latin…
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Winner of the 2020 Best Book in the Nineteenth Century Award from the LASA Nineteenth Century SectionSwashbuckling tales of valiant gauchos roaming Argentina and Uruguay were nineteenth-century Latin American best sellers. But when these stories jumped from the page to the circus stage and beyond, their cultural, economic, and political influence revolutionized popular culture and daily life.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