Aztecs, Moors, and Christians: Festivals of Reconquest in Mexico and SpainUniversity of Texas Press, 2000 - 309 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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... appeared in Me- xica festivities.18 But the spectacle may also have had Spanish roots . A glance at the index of Shergold's History of the Spanish Stage shows that “ salvajes [ wild men ] " were a com- mon feature of medieval plays and ...
... appeared at the corner of the camp , " atop the wooden frame and painted battlements , and told them that God was pleased with their willingness to die for the recovery of Jerusalem , " since he would not have so holy a place in ...
... appeared in the 1424 Corpus Christi procession in Barcelona : two " dragons " that fought Saint Michael and Saint Margaret and a “ serpent " that accompanied Saint George . The records in Valencia mention dragons even earlier . A ...
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Aztecs, Moors, and Christians: Festivals of Reconquest in Mexico and Spain Max Harris Περιορισμένη προεπισκόπηση - 2000 |
Aztecs, Moors, and Christians: Festivals of Reconquest in Mexico and Spain Max Harris Περιορισμένη προεπισκόπηση - 2010 |
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