Manuel R. Cuellar

Choreographing Mexico

Festive Performances and Dancing Histories of a Nation

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Produktbeschreibung

The impact of folkloric dance and performance on Mexican cultural politics and national identity.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Texas Press
• Seitenzahl: 344
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Februar 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 227mm x 153mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 500g
• ISBN-13: 9781477330807
• ISBN-10: 1477330801
• Artikelnr.: 70539506

Autorenporträt

Manuel R. Cuellar is an associate professor of Spanish and Latin American literatures and cultures at George Washington University.

Inhaltsangabe

* Preface
* Acknowledgments
* Introduction. Choreographing a Festive Nation: Performance, Dance,
and Embodied Histories in Mexico
* Chapter 1. Rehearsals of a Cosmopolitan Modernity: The Porfirian
Centennial Celebrations of Mexican Independence in 1910
* Chapter 2. La Noche Mexicana and the Staging of a Festive Mexico
* Chapter 3. Nellie Campobello: The Choreographer of Dancing Histories
in Mexico
* Chapter 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