Rituals of Rule, Rituals of Resistance Public Celebrations and Popular Culture in Mexico

by Beezley, William H.; Martin, Cheryl E.; French, William E.

• ISBN13: 9780842024174
• ISBN10: 0842024174
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1994-05-01
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

This book presents readers with scholarship on public celebrations and popular culture throughout Mexican history. Leading scholars from the Americas and Great Britain discuss aspects of Mexico's popular culture from the seventeenth century to the present. The vast range of Mexican expression is examined, including Corpus Christi celebrations, New Spain, stone murals, and folk theater. Filling a need that becomes ever more pressing, this volume provides fresh insights.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction: Constructing Consent, Inciting Conflict
Giants and Gypsies: Corpus Christi in Colonial Mexico City	p. 1
Lewd Songs and Dances from the Streets of Eighteenth-Century New Spain	p. 27
The Working Poor and the Eighteenth-Century Colonial State: Gender, Public Order, and Work Discipline	p. 47
A World of Images: Cult, Ritual, and Society in Colonial Mexico City	p. 77
Public Celebrations, Popular Culture, and Labor Discipline in Eighteenth-Century Chihuahua	p. 95
Policia y Buen Gobierno: Municipal Efforts to Regulate Public Behavior, 1821-1857	p. 115
Streetwise History: The Paseo de la Reforma and the Porfirian State, 1876-1910	p. 127
Proletarians, Politicos, and Patriarchs: The Use and Abuse of Cultural Customs in the Early Industrialization of Mexico City, 1880-1910	p. 151
The Porfirian Smart Set Anticipates Thorstein Veblen in Guadalajara	p. 173
Progreso Forzado: Workers and the Inculcation of the Capitalist Work Ethic in the Parral Mining District	p. 191
The Construction of the Patriotic Festival in Tecamachalco, Puebla, 1900-1946	p. 213
Popular Reactions to the Educational Reforms of Cardenismo	p. 247
Burning Saints, Molding Minds: Iconoclasm, Civic Ritual, and the Failed Cultural Revolution	p. 261
Misiones Culturales, Teatro Conasupo, and Teatro Communidad: The Evolution of Rural Theater	p. 285
The Ceremonial and Political Roles of Village Bands, 1846-1974	p. 307
Conclusion: The State as Vampire - Hegemonic Projects, Public Ritual, and Popular Culture in Mexico, 1600-1990	p. 343
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