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"Swashbuckling tales of valiant gauchos roaming Argentina and Uruguay were nineteenth-century Latin American bestsellers. But when the stories jumped from the page to the circus stage and beyond, their cultural, economic, and political influence revolutionized popular culture and daily life. In this expansive and engaging narrative William Acree guides readers through the deep history of popular entertainment before turning to circus culture and rural dramas that celebrated the countryside on stage. More than just riveting social experiences, these dramas were among the region's most dominant attractions on the eve of the twentieth century. Staging Frontiers further explores the profound impacts this phenomenon had on the ways people interacted and on the broader culture that influenced the region. This new, modern popular culture revolved around entertainment and related products, yet it was also central to making sense of social class, ethnic identity, and race as demographic and economic transformations were reshaping everyday experiences in this rapidly urbanizing region"--

Popular culture --- Amusements --- Equestrian drama --- Amusements. --- Equestrian drama. --- Popular culture. --- History. --- Argentina. --- Uruguay. --- Culture, Popular --- Mass culture --- Pop culture --- Popular arts --- Communication --- Intellectual life --- Mass society --- Recreation --- Culture --- Hippodrama --- Hippodrome --- Horse drama --- Drama --- Children --- Entertainments --- Pastimes --- Recreations --- Entertaining --- Games --- Play --- Anatolikē Dēmokratia tēs Oyrougouaēs --- Cisplatine Province --- Dēmokratia Anatolika tou Oyrougoua --- Dēmokratia Anatolika tou Potamou Oyrougoua --- Eastern Republic of Uruguay --- Estado Cisplatino --- Gweriniaeth Ddwyreiniol Uruguay --- Iztochna republika Urugva --- Oriental Republic of Uruguay --- Oyrougoua --- Provincia Cisplatina --- Provincia Oriental del Río de la Plata --- Provincia Uruguaya del Tape --- Republic East of the Uruguay --- Republic East of the Uruguay River --- República O. del Uruguay --- República Oriental del Uruguay --- Uruguai --- Urugṿai --- Urugṿay --- Uruhva --- Uskhodni͡ai͡a Rėspublika Uruhva --- Východní Republika Uruguay --- Argenṭinah --- Argenṭine --- Argentine Confederation --- Argentine Nation --- Argentine Republic --- Aruzenchin --- Confederación Argentina --- Nación Argentina --- República Argentina --- South America

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Political sociology --- Politics