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



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Autore: Rostas Susanna Visualizza persona
Titolo: Carrying the word [[electronic resource] ] : the Concheros dance in Mexico City / / Susanna Rostas Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Boulder, Colo., : University Press of Colorado, 2009
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (328 p.)
Disciplina: 793.3/10972
Soggetto topico: Folk dancing - Mexico - Mexico City
Religious dance - Mexico - Mexico City
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
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
Titolo autorizzato: Carrying the word  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-4571-1057-1
1-60732-004-5
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910456926503321
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Serie: Mesoamerican worlds.