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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... Indian actor representing Antonio Pimentel , Count of Benavente , a substan- tial benefactor of the Franciscans , to whom Motolinía would dedicate his History of the Indians of New Spain . Behind Pimentel were troops from the kingdom of ...
... Indians on foot came out , dressed as Chichimeca warriors , together with a single horseman , with a lance and shield , clothed in [ Spanish ] livery , at whom those on foot shouted and made faces and shook their bows and arrows , and ...
... Indians or genuine Native Americans on show . How are we to interpret , for example , the " triumphal chariot " of " Indians " that rolled into view in Burgos in 1570 , just ahead of the acrobatic matachines ? Riding the chariot were an ...
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