Kings for Three Days : The Play of Race and Gender in an Afro-Ecuadorian Festival /

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With its rich mix of cultures, European influences, colonial tensions, and migration from bordering nations, Ecuador has long drawn the interest of ethnographers, historians, and political scientists. In this book, the author delivers a highly detailed, thought-provoking examination of the racial, s...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Rahier, Jean Muteba, 1959-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2013]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Sex role.
Race relations.
Manners and customs.
Epiphany.
Black people > Rites and ceremonies.
Black people > Race identity.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Sex role > Ecuador > Esmeraldas (Province)
Epiphany > Ecuador > Esmeraldas (Province)
Blacks > Race identity > Ecuador > Esmeraldas (Province)
Blacks > Ecuador > Esmeraldas (Province) > Rites and ceremonies.
Ecuador > Esmeraldas (Province)
Esmeraldas (Équateur : Province) > Moeurs et coutumes.
Esmeraldas (Équateur : Province) > Relations raciales.
Esmeraldas (Ecuador : Province) > Social life and customs.
Esmeraldas (Ecuador : Province) > Race relations.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Setting up the stage : contextualizing the Afro-Esmeraldian festival of the kings
  • The village of Santo Domingo de Onzole and the period of preparation of the festival of the kings : the centrality of sexual dichotomy and role reversal
  • The festival of the kings in Santo Domingo de Onzole
  • The festival of the kings in La Tola
  • Race, sexuality, and gender as they relate to the festival of the kings
  • Performances and contexts of the play in January 2003
  • Conclusion : from the centrality of place in Esmeraldian ethnography to theoretical and methodological considerations for the study of festivities
  • Glossary of Esmeraldian Spanish terms.

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