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Book SynopsisOffers an innovative examination of how supporters of Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez engaged in performance practice to build and negotiate the terms of populism. In Angela Marino's analysis populism is the practice of politics by ordinary people, which may include a variety of behaviours and forms of cultural production in live events, media, and the built environment.
Trade ReviewThis is a first-rate work that demonstrates Marino's thorough command of the secondary literature of both theoretical and empirical significance. The author breaks new ground by questioning the validity of alternative views of populism that stress the polarizing, as opposed to the unifying, tendency of populist movements. This book will appeal broadly to scholars across several areas of politics and performance practice, and provide a rich theoretical discussion that is relevant to the fields of philosophy and political science."" - Steven Ellner, editor of
Latin America's Radical Left: Challenges and Complexities of Political Power in the Twenty-First Century""I know of no other book that deals specifically with Venezuelan theatre and performance during the Chavez years, which makes this work significant. It will be a good complement to the wealth of scholarship available on Chavez and the Bolivarian Revolution, as well as an important addition to Latin American theater and performance scholarship."" - Adam Versenyi, author of
Theatre in Latin America: Religion, Politics, and Culture From Cortés to the 1980s
