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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... arrived at Bracho , merchants were erecting stalls , workmen mak- ing final repairs to the castle facade , and custodians cleaning the chapel . Inside the chapel were two statues of the Baptist , one above the altar and the other on a ...
... arrived and fought in boats ; then they fought on horse- back ; later they arrived on foot and went on the flat roof . This happened today , Fri- day 25 July 1572. " The codex includes a drawing of a four - dimensional single - story ...
... arrived with Cortés himself in 1528. There may have been as many as seventy of them , among whom nearly thirty were entertainers : jug- glers , dwarfs , ballplayers , prestidigitators , and dancers . Most were from Mexico City but ...
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