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Carrying the word : the Concheros dance in Mexico City /

In Carrying the Word: The Concheros Dance in Mexico City, the first full length study of the Concheros dancers, Susanna Rostas explores the experience of this unique group, whose use of dance links rural religious practices with urban post-modern innovation in distinctive ways even within Mexican cu...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Rostas, Susanna (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boulder, Colo. : University Press of Colorado, ©2009.
Colección:Mesoamerican worlds.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Incongruous beginnings
  • The experiential context. The Concheros ; The obligations: framing the context
  • The experiential nexus: forming the self. Agency and the dance: ritualization and the performative ; Conchero speak: carrying the word ; Clothing matters ; Why dance?
  • Power concerns: performing the self. Alliances and identity politics ; Oral tradition, myth, and history ; The Mexica and Mexicanidad.