Embodying Mexico : Tourism, Nationalism & Performance

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Title: Embodying Mexico : Tourism, Nationalism & Performance
Description: Embodying Mexico examines two performative icons of Mexicanness--the Dance of the Old Men and Night of the Dead of Lake Pátzcuaro--in numerous manifestations, including film, theater, tourist guides, advertisements, and souvenirs. Covering a ninety-year period from the postrevolutionary era to the present day, Hellier-Tinoco's analysis is thoroughly grounded in Mexican politics and history, and simultaneously incorporates choreographic, musicological, and dramaturgical analysis. Exploring multiple contexts in Mexico, the USA, and Europe, Embodying Mexico expands and enriches our understanding of complex processes of creating national icons, performance repertoires, and tourist attractions, drawing on wide-ranging ethnographic, archival, and participatory experience. An extensive companion website illustrates the author's arguments through audio and video.
Authors: Ruth Hellier-Tinoco
Resource Type: eBook.
Subjects: Folklore--Performance--Mexico, Folk dancing, Mexican, Folk music--Mexico, Popular culture--Mexico, Culture and tourism--Mexico, Politics and culture--Mexico, Culture and globalization--Mexico, National characteristics, Mexican
Categories: MUSIC / Ethnomusicology, PERFORMING ARTS / Dance / Folk
Database: eBook Collection (EBSCOhost)
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Abstract:Embodying Mexico examines two performative icons of Mexicanness--the Dance of the Old Men and Night of the Dead of Lake Pátzcuaro--in numerous manifestations, including film, theater, tourist guides, advertisements, and souvenirs. Covering a ninety-year period from the postrevolutionary era to the present day, Hellier-Tinoco's analysis is thoroughly grounded in Mexican politics and history, and simultaneously incorporates choreographic, musicological, and dramaturgical analysis. Exploring multiple contexts in Mexico, the USA, and Europe, Embodying Mexico expands and enriches our understanding of complex processes of creating national icons, performance repertoires, and tourist attractions, drawing on wide-ranging ethnographic, archival, and participatory experience. An extensive companion website illustrates the author's arguments through audio and video.
ISBN:9780195340365
9780199790814
9780199712731