Power and Persuasion : : Fiestas and Social Control in Rural Mexico / / Stanley Brandes.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn eBook Package Archive 1898-1999 (pre Pub)
• VerfasserIn: Brandes, Stanley,
• Place / Publishing House: Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2015]; ©1988
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (224 p.) :; 15 illus.
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Illustrations --; Acknowledgments --; 1. Studying Fiestas and Social Control --; 2. The Social Context of Tzintzuntzan Fiestas --; 3. Fiesta Organization --; 4. Contract and Exchange --; 5. Tourism and the State --; 6. Pyrotechnics and Politics --; 7. Social Control Through Dance --; 8. A Christmas Morality Play --; 9. Fiestas and the Social Order --; Glossary --; Bibliography --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780812292497; 9783110442526
• DOI: 10.9783/9780812292497
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Stanley Brandes.

Demonstrates how the annual fiesta cycle reflects political dependency of local communities on the nation-state, helps maintain formal authority, and perpetuates behavioral norms and social values.