Choreographing Mexico : : Festive Performances and Dancing Histories of a Nation / / Manuel R. Cuellar.
The years between 1910 and 1940 were formative for Mexico, with the ouster of Porfirio Díaz, the subsequent revolution, and the creation of the new state. Amid the upheaval, Mexican dance emerged as a key arena of contestation regarding what it meant to be Mexican. Through an analysis of written, ph...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2022 English |
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Place / Publishing House: | Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2022] ©2022 |
Year of Publication: | 2022 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (344 p.) :; 32 b&w photos |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction Choreographing a Festive Nation: Performance, Dance, and Embodied Histories in Mexico -- 1. Rehearsals of a Cosmopolitan Modernity: The Porfirian Centennial Celebrations of Mexican Independence in 1910 -- 2. La Noche Mexicana and the Staging of a Festive Mexico -- 3. Nellie Campobello: The Choreographer of Dancing Histories in Mexico -- 4. Cinematic Renditions of a Dancing Mexico: Folklórico Dance in Mexican Film -- Epilogue. Queering Mexico’s Archive: Ephemerality, Movement, and Kinesthetic Imaginings -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Summary: | The years between 1910 and 1940 were formative for Mexico, with the ouster of Porfirio Díaz, the subsequent revolution, and the creation of the new state. Amid the upheaval, Mexican dance emerged as a key arena of contestation regarding what it meant to be Mexican. Through an analysis of written, photographic, choreographic, and cinematographic renderings of a festive Mexico, Choreographing Mexico examines how bodies in motion both performed and critiqued the nation. Manuel Cuellar details the integration of Indigenous and regional dance styles into centennial celebrations, civic festivals, and popular films. Much of the time, this was a top-down affair, with cultural elites seeking to legitimate a hegemonic national character by incorporating traces of indigeneity. Yet dancers also used their moving bodies to challenge the official image of a Mexico full of manly vigor and free from racial and ethnic divisions. At home and abroad, dancers made nuanced articulations of female, Indigenous, Black, and even queer renditions of the nation. Cuellar reminds us of the ongoing political significance of movement and embodied experience, as folklórico maintains an important and still-contested place in Mexican and Mexican American identity today. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9781477325179 9783110993899 9783110994810 9783110992960 9783110992939 9783110766516 |
DOI: | 10.7560/325162 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Manuel R. Cuellar. |