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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... Sword dance. Binche, 1549. 200 24. Mock battle in a Brazilian village. Rouen, 1550. 203 25. Moorish women. Villena, 1992. 222 26. The retreta. Villena, 1992. 224 27. Christian assault on the castle. Villena, 1992. 225 28. Converted ...
... swords, scimitars, and arquebuses, warriors from European history clog the streets of a city that was once the silver ... sword fight that moved slowly across the sloped square of Santo Domingo. And I saw Moorish infantry from the naval ...
... sword fights, punctuated by declamatory speeches by both knights (who carried their scripts in small notepads ... swords in the center of the parade ground and sixteenth-century arquebusiers firing from either side, drums and bugles ...
... sword fight in the large plaza, while the surrounding gunfire and the noise of drums and bugles filled the air with smoke and music. Once again, the Moors beat an orderly retreat, marching counterclockwise around the square 7 I ...
... sword fights and by an endless flow of Moors marching repeatedly (and counterclockwise) between the two parade grounds, passing through the Christian forces en route. An account of the morismas written in 1925 reports that, on the ...
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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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Aztecs, Moors, and Christians: Festivals of Reconquest in Mexico and Spain Max Harris Προβολή αποσπασμάτων - 2000 |