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Record Nr.

UNINA9910812829103321

Autore

Brandes Stanley H.

Titolo

Power and persuasion : fiestas and social control in rural Mexico / / Stanley Brandes

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : , : University of Pennsylvania Press, , 1988

©1988

ISBN

0-585-31271-0

0-8122-9249-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 pages) : illustrations, photographs

Disciplina

394.2/6972/37

Soggetti

Festivals - Mexico - Tzintzuntzan

Social control

Purépecha Indians - Social life and customs

Indians of Mexico - Mexico - Tzintzuntzan - Social life and customs

Tzintzuntzan (Mexico) Social life and customs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Studying Fiestas and Social Control -- 2. The Social Context of Tzintzuntzan Fiestas -- 3. Fiesta Organization -- 4. Contract and Exchange -- 5. Tourism and the State -- 6. Pyrotechnics and Politics -- 7. Social Control Through Dance -- 8. A Christmas Morality Play -- 9. Fiestas and the Social Order -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Demonstrates how the annual fiesta cycle reflects political dependency of local communities on the nation-state, helps maintain formal authority, and perpetuates behavioral norms and social values.