Afro-Mexico : : Dancing between Myth and Reality / / Anita González.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: González, Anita,
• TeilnehmendeR: Jackson, George O.; Pellicer, José Manuel.; Vinson, Ben.
• MitwirkendeR: Vinson, Ben,
• Place / Publishing House: Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021]; ©2010
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (183 p.)

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 pres...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Foreword
• Preface
• Introduction
• 1 Framing African Performance in Mexico
• 2 Masked Dance. Devils and Beasts of the Costa Chica
• 3 Archetypes of Race. Performance Responses to Afro-Mexican Presence
• 4 Becoming National. Chilena, Artesa, and Jarocho as Folkloric Dances
• Conclusion
• Notes
• Glossary
• Bibliography
• Index