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La Fiesta de Los Tastoanes : Critical Encounters in Mexican Festival Performance = Critical Encounters in Mexican Festival Performance = Critical Encou
Overview
Each year, for three days in September, the citizens of Jocotan, an ancient indigenous community near Guadalajara, Mexico, symbolically reenact the Spanish conquest of Mexico in mock battles between Santiago, the patron saint of Spain, and the Tastoanes, the leaders of the indigenous resistance. Employing the concept of hegemony, the author explores what the festival means culturally to the community and shows how it enables Jocotenos to adapt to Christianity and to resist the social order it symbolizes.
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- ISBN-13: 9780826319982
- ISBN-10: 082631998X
- Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
- Publish Date: August 1998
- Dimensions: 9.03 x 6.13 x 0.55 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.71 pounds
- Page Count: 195
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