Carnival and other Christian festivals : folk theology and folk performance /
Publisher's description: With a riotous mix of saints and devils, street theater and dancing, and music and fireworks, Christian festivals are some of the most lively and colorful spectacles that occur in Spain and its former European and American possessions. That these folk celebrations, with...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Austin :
University of Texas Press,
2003.
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Edición: | 1st ed. |
Colección: | Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long series in Latin American and Latino art and culture.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- pt. 1. Days of Saints and Virgins
- 1. Demons and Dragons (Catalonia)
- 2. Flowers for Saint Tony (Aragon)
- 3. El Mas Chiquito de To' Los Santos (Puerto Rico)
- 4. The Cross-Dressed Virgin on a Tightrope (Mexico)
- 5. A Polka for the Sun and Santiago (Mexico)
- pt. 2. Corpus Christi
- 6. Dancing under Friendly Fire (Catalonia)
- 7. A Confraternity of Jews (Castile
- La Mancha)
- 8. Saint Sebastian and the Blue-eyed Blacks (Peru)
- pt. 3. Carnivals
- 9. A Scattering of Ants (Galicia)
- 10. The Bandit and the Fat Man (Navarre)
- 11. Safe for the Bourgeoisie (Belgium)
- 12. Devils and Decorum (Trinidad)
- 13. The Sins of the Carnival Virgin (Bolivia).