La Fiesta de los Tastoanes - Critical Encounters in Mexican Festival Performance (Paperback)

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. Paradoxically, the Jocotenos honor Santiago, their special protector, and incorporate both Christian and indigenous practices and beliefs in their fiesta. 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. Through the festival, Jocotenos address their collective identity, the preservation of their folk culture, and their relationship to the social-political power structure of Jocotan. Students of Mexican culture and of syncretic religions worldwide will find this study stimulating and informative.

General

Imprint:	University of New Mexico Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	August 1998
First published:	August 1998
Authors:	Olga Najera-Ramirez
Dimensions:	230 x 155 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	195
ISBN-13:	978-0-8263-1998-2
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Customs & folklore > Customs
LSN:	0-8263-1998-X
Barcode:	9780826319982

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