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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... honor and glory with their blood and their lives . " He stressed the religious motivation and the proximity of ... honors that would be awarded to heroes of these wars and the great shame that would accrue to those " who dare not go to ...
... honored took part , proudly displaying their " insignia . " But " all the onlookers , " especially " the beloved old women ... honor of the warriors , even if it were accompanied by women wailing over the imminent death of their sons and ...
... honor as captors in Tenochtitlan may , within the year , be sacrificial captives in Tlaxcala or Huexotzinco . The ... honored " as if he had been the god himself . " 11 Dress rehearsals for the gladiatorial sacrifice also took place ...
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