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Examining the role of performance in state-making



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"The Tourist State is a substantial work of theatrical insight and applied critical theory. It approaches the theoretical sublime, showing rich learning and originality in scaled and shrewd ways." —Rob Wilson, University of California, Santa Cruz



Table of Contents

Contents

Note on Orthography
Introduction: Toward a Performance Theory of the State

1. The State of Nature: Governmentality, Biopoetics, Sensation
2. The Class Act of Guide Maggie: Cosmopolitesse, Publics, and Participatory Anthropology
3. Translation, Transnation: Theatrical Politics and Political Theater in the American Pacific
4. Trafficking Race: Policy, Property, and Racial Reformation in the Tourist State
5. Altered States: Global Hollywood, the Rise of Wellywood, and the Moving Image of Race
Conclusion: Living in a Tourist State

Acknowledgments
Notes
Glossary
Index


The Tourist State Performing Leisure Liberalism

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      Publisher MP - University Of Minnesota Press
      Published 11 September 2011
      ISBN-13 9780816666065
      978-0816666065
      ISBN-10 0816666067
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Examining the role of performance in state-making



      Trade Review

      "The Tourist State is a substantial work of theatrical insight and applied critical theory. It approaches the theoretical sublime, showing rich learning and originality in scaled and shrewd ways." —Rob Wilson, University of California, Santa Cruz



      Table of Contents

      Contents

      Note on Orthography
      Introduction: Toward a Performance Theory of the State

      1. The State of Nature: Governmentality, Biopoetics, Sensation
      2. The Class Act of Guide Maggie: Cosmopolitesse, Publics, and Participatory Anthropology
      3. Translation, Transnation: Theatrical Politics and Political Theater in the American Pacific
      4. Trafficking Race: Policy, Property, and Racial Reformation in the Tourist State
      5. Altered States: Global Hollywood, the Rise of Wellywood, and the Moving Image of Race
      Conclusion: Living in a Tourist State

      Acknowledgments
      Notes
      Glossary
      Index


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