Equivocal Politics of Carnival
The Forms and Discourses of Carnivalesque Theater in Contemporary Uruguay
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5799202 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gustavo Remedi (0000-0002-1528-7513, Universidad de la República de Uruguay, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 236-264 |
| Publication date | 2020-11-30 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Festive Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2641-9939 • E-ISSN: 2641-9939 |
| Publisher | H-Net: Humanities & Social Sciences Online (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.33823/jfs.2020.2.1.28 |
| OpenAlex | W3110221793 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 2 |
This article reflects on the political, social, and cultural institutionality of carnival in Uruguay and on its growing centrality as a means of expression and space of popular enunciation since the return to democracy in the 1980s. It also argues that the "field" of carnival is a site of constant negotiation with both the state and nongovernmental sources of power (economic groups, the media, churches, etc.) and can thus accommodate various political proposals, leading to constant symbolic-discursive reconfiguration. A detailed analysis of three carnivalesque performances belonging to the murga genre-La caldera de los diablos by Diablos Verdes (2003), Los Sueños by Agarrate Catalina (2005), and Creer o reventar by Don Timoteo (2014)-highlights how carnival has responded to, and has been reconfigured by, three recent circumstances: the apogee of neoliberalism and "the crisis of 2002," the election of a "broad front" leftist government in 2005, and the end of this government's second term in 2014
Carnivalesque · Left-wing politics · Neoliberalism (international relations · Latin American and Latino Studies · Latin American Literature Studies
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |