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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... danza de los santiagos . After his death inside the church , el rey pilato lay motionless at the foot of the steps leading up to the altar . The second pilato knelt beside the corpse , moaning in quiet desperation . The caballero , his ...
... danza de los matachines and Oaxaca's danza de la pluma . ' Whatever the dances ' uncertain relationships may be to Euro- pean matachines , Spanish dances of Moors and Christians , or precontact indigenous dances , both in their present ...
... danza de la pluma , 18 , 20 , 106-107 , 110 , 136 , 237 , 243-250 danza de los matachines . See matachines danza de los santiagos , 21-24 , 26 , 139 , 237 danza de los voladores , 113-114 , 151 , 153 danza de pastores , 154-155 Daroca ...
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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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