Introduction: The Uneven Stage of the Avant-Gardes 3–37
Mexico Ch. 1: Rehearsals of the Tragi-Cosmic Race 38–96
Ch. 2: Primitivist Accumulation and
Teatro sintético 97–142
Ch. 3: Radio/Puppets, or the Institutionalization of a (Media) Revolution 143–196
Brazil Ch. 4: Parsifal on the Periphery of Capitalism 197–254
Ch. 5: Phonography, Operatic Ethnography, and Other Bad Arts 255–308
Ch. 6: Total Theater and Missing Pieces 309–364
Postscript: Loose Ends 365
Acknowledgments 366–370
Notes 376–449