Authors

Mayumi Ilari

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Description

This chapter, using two recent examples from Brazilian puppet masters, briefly presents the origins of Brazilian puppetry and discusses the way Brazilian mamulengo tradition operates as a means of historical and cultural resistance, while enhancing diversity and racial equality through popular culture and theatre.

Publication Date

2023

Publisher

University Of Connecticut

City

Storrs

Keywords

puppet, representation, race and ethnicity, Puppet theater—Brazil—History, Popular culture—Brazil

Disciplines

Arts and Humanities | Ethnic Studies | Other Theatre and Performance Studies | Race, Ethnicity and Post-Colonial Studies | Theatre and Performance Studies

Mamulengo as Cultural Resistance

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