Carrying the word : the Concheros dance in Mexico City / Susanna Rostas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rostas, Susanna.

Series:

Mesoamerican worlds.

Mesoamerican worlds

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Folk dancing--Mexico--Mexico City.

Folk dancing.

Religious dance--Mexico--Mexico City.

Religious dance.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (328 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Boulder, Colo. : University Press of Colorado, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 culture, which is rife with ritual dances. The Concheros blend Catholic and indigenous traditions in their performances, but are not governed by a predetermined set of beliefs; rather they are bound together by long standing interpersonal connections framed by the discipline of their tradition. The C

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781457110573

1457110571

9781607320043

1607320045

OCLC:

775301666