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