Aztecs, Moors, and Christians: Festivals of Reconquest in Mexico and SpainUniversity of Texas Press, 1 Ιαν 2010 - 319 σελίδες In villages and towns across Spain and its former New World colonies, local performers stage mock battles between Spanish Christians and Moors or Aztecs that range from brief sword dances to massive street theatre lasting several days. The festival tradition officially celebrates the triumph of Spanish Catholicism over its enemies, yet this does not explain its persistence for more than five hundred years nor its widespread diffusion. In this insightful book, Max Harris seeks to understand Mexicans' "puzzling and enduring passion" for festivals of moros y cristianos. He begins by tracing the performances' roots in medieval Spain and showing how they came to be superimposed on the mock battles that had been a part of pre-contact Aztec calendar rituals. Then using James Scott's distinction between "public" and "hidden transcripts," he reveals how, in the hands of folk and indigenous performers, these spectacles of conquest became prophecies of the eventual reconquest of Mexico by the defeated Aztec peoples. Even today, as lively descriptions of current festivals make plain, they remain a remarkably sophisticated vehicle for the communal expression of dissent. |
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... morismas, which has its roots in late medieval Spain, is believed to have arrived in the region of Zacatecas in the early seventeenth century.3 At the physical heart of the morismas of Bracho is a small chapel, dedicated to John the ...
... morismas spreads out from the several acres of open space around the chapel to the high peak of the eastern hill a mile away and two or three miles along the road into the center of the city. It is perhaps the largest "stage" I have ...
... Like most movements of the morismas, it was counterclockwise, the direction of the sun in Aztec cosmology and the sacred direction of Mesoamerican indigenous ritual and dance.5 The midday sun was. J I. BEHEADING THE MOOR (ZACATECAS, I996)
... morismas' official repertoire of more distant historical and legendary referents. Moreover, since the unit was named after its original recruits — members of the warlike Zouaouah tribe who had been pressed into service after the French ...
... morismas written in 1925 reports that, on the second day, "the Moors cut off the head of St. John the Baptist, which they carry bleeding on the point of a lance ... to the Sultan."8 If this happened in 1996, I missed it. It may be that ...
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Spain 11501521 | 29 |
A Royal Wedding Lleida 1150 | 31 |
A Medley of Battles Zaragoza 12861414 | 37 |
A Martyrdom with Hobby Horses Barcelona 1424 | 43 |
A Game of Canes Jaén 1462 | 54 |
Mexico 13211521 | 65 |
The Tensions of Empire Mexico City 15651595 | 148 |
The Travels of Alonso Ponce New Spain 15841589 | 153 |
The Conquest of New Mexico 1598 | 161 |
Spain 15211600 | 171 |
Touring Aztecs 15221529 | 173 |
Royal Entries Toledo 1533 and Naples 1543 | 179 |
Great Balls of Fire Trent 1549 | 184 |
Noble Fantasies Binche 1549 and Rouen 1550 | 198 |
The Fields of the Wars of Flowers | 67 |
The Festival of the Sweeping of the Roads | 74 |
The Festival of the Raising of the Banners | 85 |
The Festival of the Flaying of Men | 94 |
The Dance of the Emperor Motecuzoma | 105 |
Mexico 15211600 | 115 |
The Conquest of Mexico 15241536 | 117 |
The Conquest of Rhodes Mexico City 1539 | 123 |
The Conquest ofJerusalem Tlaxcala 1539 | 132 |
Fêted Dreams of Peace Andalusia 15611571 | 206 |
Changing Tastes Daroca to Valencia 15851586 | 216 |
Gilded Indians 15211600 | 227 |
Epilogue | 235 |
Dancing with Malinche New Mexico and Oaxaca 19931994 | 237 |
Notes | 251 |
Bibliography | 281 |
Index | 299 |
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