A Quinceañera / directed by Lieke van den Berg ; produced by Lieke van den Berg.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Berg, Lieke van den, director, producer.

Universiteit Leiden. Institute of Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology, publisher.

Series:

Academic Video Online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Quinceañera (Social custom)--Mexico.

Quinceañera (Social custom).

Teenage girls--Mexico--Social life and customs.

Teenage girls.

Mexico--Social life and customs.

Mexico.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (38 minutes)

Place of Publication:

Leiden, South Holland : Institute of Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology, Universiteit Leiden, 2016.

Language Note:

In Spanish with English subtitles

System Details:

video file

Summary:

The quinceañera is a Catholic ritual conducted in several Latin-American countries, such as Mexico. This ritual is believed to 'traditionally' represent the transition of a girl from girlhood to womanhood at the age of fifteen. Recent literature on transitions to adulthood (both manhood and womanhood) however states that there is a change in that there is now an in between period in which a girl is neither a girl nor yet a woman. This is conflicting with the 'traditional meaning' of the quinceañera. The celebration is still very much present in Mexican, especially rural, society, with much money being invested in the ceremony and celebration. This film explores the quinceañera celebration in the rural village of Cuyoaco, Mexico. It shows how the quinceañera is not (longer) representing the direct transition into womanhood. Other interpretations and functions are identified and the 'traditional meaning' itself questioned.

Notes:

Title from resource description page (viewed August 17, 2021).

OCLC:

1268149075

Publisher Number:

ASP5123536/marc