Afro-Mexico: Dancing Between Myth and Reality

While Africans and their descendants have lived in Mexico for centuries, many Afro-Mexicans do not consider themselves...
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Author: Anita González
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Language: English
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Afro-Mexico: Dancing Between Myth and Reality by González, Anita

Afro-Mexico: Dancing Between Myth and Reality

€56,86

Afro-Mexico: Dancing Between Myth and Reality

€56,86
Author: Anita González
Format: Paperback
Language: English

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 studies--of dance, music, and theatrical events--reveal the influence of African people and their cultural productions on Mexican society.

In this work, Anita González 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.



Author: Anita González
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 12/01/2010
Pages: 183
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.38d
ISBN: 9780292737440

About the Author
ANITA GONZÁLEZ is Associate Professor and Associate Chair of Theatre Arts at the State University of New York at New Paltz.

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