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Expressing New Mexico - Nuevomexicano Creativity, Ritual, and Memory (Paperback)
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Expressing New Mexico - Nuevomexicano Creativity, Ritual, and Memory (Paperback)
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The culture of the Nuevomexicanos, forged by Spanish-speaking
residents of New Mexico over the course of many centuries, is known
for its richness and diversity. Expressing New Mexico contributes
to a present-day renaissance of research on Nuevomexicano culture
by assembling eleven original and noteworthy essays. They are
grouped under two broad headings: "expressing culture" and
"expressing place." Expressing culture derives from the notion of
"expressive culture," referring to "fine art" productions, such as
music, painting, sculpture, drawing, dance, drama, and film, but it
is expanded here to include folklore, religious ritual, community
commemoration, ethnopolitical identity, and the pragmatics of
ritualized response to the difficult problems of everyday life.
Intertwined with the concept of expressive culture is that of
"place" in relation to New Mexico itself. Place is addressed
directly by four of the authors in this anthology and is present in
some way and in varying degrees among the rest. Place figures
prominently in Nuevomexicano "character," contributors argue. They
assert that Nuevomexicanos and Nuevomexicanas construct and develop
a sense of self that is shaped by the geography and culture of the
state as well as by their heritage. Many of the articles deal with
recent events or with recent reverberations of important historical
events, which imbues the collection with a sense of immediacy.
Rituals, traditions, community commemorations, self-concepts, and
historical revisionism all play key roles. Contributors include
both prominent and emerging scholars united by their interest in,
and fascination with, the distinctiveness of Nuevomexicano culture.
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