β Scribed by Anita GonzΓ‘lez; Ben Vinson; George O. Jackson; JosΓ© Manuel Pellicer
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
While Africans and their descendants have lived in Mexico for centuries, many Afro-Mexicans do not consider themselves to be either black or African. For almost a century, Mexico has promoted an ideal of its citizens as having a combination of indigenous and European ancestry. This obscures the presence of African, Asian, and other populations that have contributed to the growth of the nation. However, performance studiesβof dance, music, and theatrical eventsβreveal the influence of African people and their cultural productions on Mexican society. In this work, Anita GonzΓ‘lez articulates African ethnicity and artistry within the broader panorama of Mexican culture by featuring dance events that are performed either by Afro-Mexicans or by other ethnic Mexican groups about Afro-Mexicans. She illustrates how dance reflects upon social histories and relationships and documents how residents of some sectors of Mexico construct their histories through performance. Festival dances and, sometimes, professional staged dances point to a continuing negotiation among Native American, Spanish, African, and other ethnic identities within the evolving nation of Mexico. These performances embody the mobile histories of ethnic encounters because each dance includes a spectrum of characters based upon local situations and historical memories.
π SIMILAR VOLUMES
This work, written by an ex-Ambassador to Japan, is a first-hand account and observation of the various aspects of Japanese society β political, historical, social and economic. It introduces themes such as Japanese religions and the political system, as well as describing and explaining many of the
This work, written by an ex-Ambassador to Japan, is a first-hand account and observation of the various aspects of Japanese society β political, historical, social and economic. It introduces themes such as Japanese religions and the political system, as well as describing and explaining many of the
<div> <p>This work, written by an ex-Ambassador to Japan, is a first-hand account and observation of the various aspects of Japanese society β political, historical, social and economic. It introduces themes such as Japanese religions and the political system, as well as describing and explaining m
Fifty years after the sexual revolution, we are told that we live in a time of unprecedented sexual freedom: that if anything, we are too free now. But beneath the veneer of glossy hedonism, millennial journalist Rachel Hills argues, we are controlled by a new brand of sexual convention: one that in
This is not what liberation looks like -- Sex: an act unlike any other -- Freaks and geeks: the trouble with "normal" -- Hot, horny, and in control: the importance of desire -- Masculinity: inside the boys' club -- Femininity: the Madonna/Gaga complex -- Use it or lose it: the performance premium --