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UNINA9910464402803321 |
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Autore |
Méndez-Montesinos Delia |
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Titolo |
The ingenious simpleton : upending imposed ideologies through brief comic theatre / / Delia Méndez Montesinos |
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Lanham : , : University Press of America, Inc., , [2014] |
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©2014 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (164 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Fools and jesters in literature |
Theater - History - 16th century |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 On Laughter, Fools, and Comedy; 2 Simple, Peladito, and Rasquachi: Topsy-Turvying Identities; 3 The Verbal and Kinesthetic Language of the Simpleton; 4 Costumes and Other External Signs; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book analyzes the role of the theatrical simpleton in the pasos of the sixteenth-century playwright Lupe de Rueda, in Mario Moreno's character "Cantinflas," and in the esquirol of the 1960s Actos of the Teatro Campesino during the California farmworker strikes. |
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