Antonio Prieto-Stambaugh

Corpus Delecti: Performance Art of the Americas by Coco Fusco (Editor), Antonio Prieto Stambaugh (Contributor)

Corpus Delecti is an unprecedented event in the history of Latino performance art. Assembled and edited by one of the foremost practitioners and theorists in the field, it charts the extraordinary range of practices, narratives and theories which make up this unique area of contemporary performance.
Using photos, scripts, essays and poetry, Corpus Delecti explores the impact on performance of Latin American politics, popular culture, and syncretic religions. Nowhere else has such a vibrant and rich collection of writings and documents been fused into a comprehensive archive-volume.
Fusco has brought together artists and scholars to bridge the theory/practice divide and to discuss a wide range of genres. They include:

Corpus Delecti probes for the first time the specific contexts which have shaped Latino American performance. It is at once a significant intervention into the history and analysis of contemporary art and an ensemble piece of textual and visual work to treasure.

Included in this text:  “Camp, Carpa and Cross-dressing in the Theater of Tito Vasconcelos”, by Antonio Prieto Stambaugh

Biography

Born 1963 in Mexico City. BA in Communication Studies, Universidad Iberoamericana (1990), MA in Performance Studies, New York University (1994), PhD in Latin American Studies from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM, 1998). Co-author, with Yolanda Muñoz of "El teatro como vehículo de comunicación" (Mexico: Trillas, 1992). Have taught at the Universidad Iberoamericana, the UNAM, visiting lecturer Stanford University (1998-2000), Project Director for the Data Center's Information Services Latin America (1998-2000). Currently professor and researcher at El Colegio de Michoacán, a higher education institution based in Zamora, Michoacán, Mexico.

Organizations & Institutions

El Colegio de Michoacán, México

Fields of Study

Published Works

“Chicano and Latino Gay Cultures,” in George Haggerty, ed., Gay Histories and Cultures: an Encyclopedia. Garland Publishing, New York, 2000, pp. 181-183.

 “Queer/Joto: Performing the Epidermic Cartography of Lesbian and Gay Chicanos”, Latin American Studies Association, LASA2000.  This paper is available online (.pdf).  Click HERE.

 “Camp, Carpa and Cross-dressing in the Theater of Tito Vasconcelos”, in Coco Fusco, ed., Corpus Delecti: Performance Art in the Americas. Routledge, 2000, pp. 83-96.

 “Incorporated Identities: the Subversion of Stigma in the Performance Art of Luis Alfaro”, in David W. Foster, ed., Chicano/Latino Homoerotic Identities and Cultural Production. Garland Publishing, 1999, pp. 147-157.

Essays in Spanish:

 “Performance art transfornterizo: hacia la desconstrucción de las identidades”. Gestos, Teoría y Práctica del Teatro Hispánico, year 13, num. 25, April 1998, pp. 143-162.

 “Identidades incorporadas: el manejo del estigma en el performance art de Luis Alfaro”. Chasqui: Revista de Literatura Latinoamericana, Vol. XXVI, no. 2, November 1997, pp. 72-83.

 “La Identidad como coproducción en la obra de Coco Fusco”, in Axel Ramírez, P. Casasa (eds.),  El mito de lo umbilical: los latinos en América del Norte. Actas del séptimo congreso internacional de culturas latinas en Estados Unidos. México, CEPE/UNAM, 1997, pp. 213-221.

“La actuación de la identidad a través del performance chicano gay”. Debate feminista, Vol. 13, April 1996, pp. 285-315.

Recent Conference Presentations

“Queer/Joto: Performing the Epidermic Cartography of Lesbian and Gay Chicanos”, presented at the Latin American Studies Association Conference, March, 2000.  This paper is available online as a .pdf file.  Click HERE.

Current Projects

Publication of a book that examines border-crossing performance art, particularly the work of artists such as Guillermo Gómez-Peña, Luis Alfaro and Nao Bustamante. The book will be published first in Spanish and later in English. My current research involves the politics of Mexico City-based performance artists, as well as artists based in Tijuana.

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