1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910456926503321

Autore

Rostas Susanna

Titolo

Carrying the word [[electronic resource] ] : the Concheros dance in Mexico City / / Susanna Rostas

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boulder, Colo., : University Press of Colorado, 2009

ISBN

1-4571-1057-1

1-60732-004-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (328 p.)

Collana

Mesoamerican worlds

Disciplina

793.3/10972

Soggetti

Folk dancing - Mexico - Mexico City

Religious dance - Mexico - Mexico City

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Incongruous beginnings -- The experiential context. The Concheros ; The obligations: framing the context -- The experiential nexus: forming the self. Agency and the dance: ritualization and the performative ; Conchero speak: carrying the word ; Clothing matters ; Why dance? -- Power concerns: performing the self. Alliances and identity politics ; Oral tradition, myth, and history ; The Mexica and Mexicanidad.

Sommario/riassunto

In Carrying the Word: The Concheros Dance in Mexico City, the first full length study of the Concheros dancers, Susanna Rostas explores the experience of this unique group, whose use of dance links rural religious practices with urban post-modern innovation in distinctive ways even within Mexican culture, which is rife with ritual dances.  The Concheros blend Catholic and indigenous traditions in their performances, but are not governed by a predetermined set of beliefs; rather they are bound together by long standing interpersonal connections framed by the discipline of their tradition. The C