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Robert Botello's groundbreaking book We Dance for the Virgen is a fascinating examination of his personal experience of becoming a member of a matachin troupe in San Antonio, Texas. He explores his varied roles as an interpreter, documentarian, and full-time participant as a matachin over a period of 13 years. The book is written with clarity and insight and is well-organized. It explores questions of authenticity, cultural heritage, continuity, and change in a fascinating part of the world stretching from Mexico and Texas to the Pueblo region of northern New Mexico. Drawing extensively on historical sources and interviews, Botello's revealing book is well-illustrated with photographs and testimony. The significance of cultural authenticity of the dance is illustrated by his careful discussion of an attempt to appropriate the La Danza Guadulupana de Pablo Olivaros Sr. and what happened to the dance troupe as a result. --Robert K. Hitchcock, University of New Mexico --Robert Hitchcock Roberto Botello draws on his personal experience in San Antonio, Texas, and rigorous scholarly research, to tell an extraordinary story of resiliency and tradition in light of past and ongoing settler colonialism. We Dance for the Virgin offers a refreshing perspective of hope and transformation as America searches its soul. --Harald Bauder is a Professor at X-University (formerly known as Ryerson University) and author of Work on the West Side--Harald Bauder

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ROBERT R. BOTELLO is an independent scholar and bilingual education teacher living in San Antonio. He previously served as visiting professor of social work at Our Lady of the Lake University. This is his first book.

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