LEADER 03727nam 2200649 a 450 001 9910966450703321 005 20230725015926.0 010 $a0-292-78477-5 024 7 $a10.7560/723245 035 $a(CKB)2560000000053290 035 $a(OCoLC)700454926 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10436145 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000466785 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11316877 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000466785 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10466569 035 $a(PQKB)10822425 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse4699 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3443510 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10436145 035 $a(DE-B1597)587700 035 $a(OCoLC)1280943150 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780292784772 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3443510 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000053290 100 $a20100422d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAfro-Mexico $edancing between myth and reality /$fAnita Gonza?lez ; photographs by George O. Jackson and Jose Manuel Pellicer ; foreword by Ben Vinson III 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aAustin $cUniversity of Texas Press$d2010 215 $a1 online resource (184 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a0-292-73744-0 311 08$a0-292-72324-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tForeword -- $tPreface -- $tIntroduction -- $t1 Framing African Performance in Mexico -- $t2 Masked Dance. Devils and Beasts of the Costa Chica -- $t3 Archetypes of Race. Performance Responses to Afro-Mexican Presence -- $t4 Becoming National. Chilena, Artesa, and Jarocho as Folkloric Dances -- $tConclusion -- $tNotes -- $tGlossary -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aWhile Africans and their descendants have lived in Mexico for centuries, many Afro-Mexicans do not consider themselves to be either black or African. For almost a century, Mexico has promoted an ideal of its citizens as having a combination of indigenous and European ancestry. This obscures the presence of African, Asian, and other populations that have contributed to the growth of the nation. However, performance studies?of dance, music, and theatrical events?reveal the influence of African people and their cultural productions on Mexican society. In this work, Anita González articulates African ethnicity and artistry within the broader panorama of Mexican culture by featuring dance events that are performed either by Afro-Mexicans or by other ethnic Mexican groups about Afro-Mexicans. She illustrates how dance reflects upon social histories and relationships and documents how residents of some sectors of Mexico construct their histories through performance. Festival dances and, sometimes, professional staged dances point to a continuing negotiation among Native American, Spanish, African, and other ethnic identities within the evolving nation of Mexico. These performances embody the mobile histories of ethnic encounters because each dance includes a spectrum of characters based upon local situations and historical memories. 606 $aDance$zMexico$xAfrican influences 606 $aBlack people$zMexico 606 $aNational characteristics, Mexican 607 $aMexico$xCivilization$xAfrican influences 615 0$aDance$xAfrican influences. 615 0$aBlack people 615 0$aNational characteristics, Mexican. 676 $a792.80972 700 $aGonzalez$b Anita$01788914 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910966450703321 996 $aAfro-Mexico$94429892 997 $aUNINA