Overview
In Carrying the Word: The Concheros Dance in Mexico City, the first full length study of the Concheros dancers, Susanna Rostas explores the experience of this unique group, whose use of dance links rural religious practices with urban post-modern innovation in distinctive ways even within Mexican culture, which is rife with ritual dances. The Concheros blend Catholic and indigenous traditions in their performances, but are not governed by a predetermined set of beliefs; rather they are bound together by long standing interpersonal connections framed by the discipline of their tradition. The Concheros manifest their spirituality by means of the dance. Rostas traces how they construct their identity and beliefs, both individual and communal, by its means. The book offers new insights into the experience of dancing as a Conchero while also exploring their history, organization and practices. Carrying the Word provides a new way for audiences to understand the Conchero's dance tradition, and will be of interest to students and scholars of contemporary Mesoamerica. Those studying identity, religion, and tradition will find this social-anthropological work particularly enlightening.
Full Product Details
Author: Susanna Rostas
Publisher: University Press of Colorado
Imprint: University Press of Colorado
Dimensions:
Width: 15.40cm
, Height: 2.00cm
, Length: 22.80cm
Weight: 0.511kg
ISBN: 9781607321385
ISBN 10: 1607321386
Pages: 368
Publication Date: 15 January 2012
Audience:
College/higher education
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Undergraduate
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
An engaging, thoughtful and forthright ethnography of a particular dance form, style and history. -Jonathan Skinner, Bulletin of Latin American Research Her ethnographic descriptions are the strength of this study... this work makes an important contribution to the field. -Sandra Garner, American Anthropologist Rostas makes a significant contribution to the growing literature on urban performance genres in Latin America. . . Summing Up: Highly recommended. -K.S. Fine-Dare, CHOICE
Rostas makes a significant contribution to the growing literature on urban performance genres in Latin America. . . Highly recommended. -- Choice
Rostas makes a significant contribution to the growing literature on urban performance genres in Latin America. . . Summing Up: Highly recommended. -K.S. Fine-Dare, CHOICE
Author Information
Susanna Rostas is a senior research associate in the Department of Social Anthropology at the University of Cambridge. Her research, carried out predominantly in Mexico, has focused on performance, invented ethnicity, identity, religion and religious conversion. She has published widely on the Concheros and is co-author with Andre Droogers of The Popular Use of Popular Religion in Latin America (CEDLA 1993).
