Afro-Mexico: dancing between myth and reality

✍ Scribed by Jackson, George O.;Pellicer, José Manuel;Gonzalez, Anita

Publisher: Combined Academic [distributor], University of Texas Press
Year: 2011
Tongue: English
Leaves: 184
Category: Library

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Table of Contents

Foreword by Ben Vinson III Preface Introduction Chapter 1: Framing African Performance in Mexico Chapter 2: Masked Dances: Devils and Beasts of the Costa Chica Chapter 3: Archetypes of Race: Performance Responses to Afro-Mexican Presence Chapter 4: Becoming National: Chilena, Artesa, and Jarocho as Folkloric Dances Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

✦ Subjects

Blacks--Mexico;Dance--Mexico;National characteristics, Mexican;Blacks;Civilization;Dance;Dance -- Mexico;Blacks -- Mexico;Mexico -- Civilization;Mexico

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