Embodying Mexico: Tourism, Nationalism & Performance

Embodying Mexico examines two performative icons of Mexicanness--the Dance of the Old Men and Night of the Dead of Lake Pátzcuaro--in numerous manifestations, including film, theater, tourist guides, advertisements, and souvenirs. Covering a ninety-year period from the postrevolutionary era to
the present day, Hellier-Tinoco's analysis is thoroughly grounded in Mexican politics and history, and simultaneously incorporates choreographic, musicological, and dramaturgical analysis.

Exploring multiple contexts in Mexico, the USA, and Europe, Embodying Mexico expands and enriches our understanding of complex processes of creating national icons, performance repertoires, and tourist attractions, drawing on wide-ranging ethnographic, archival, and participatory experience. An
extensive companion website illustrates the author's arguments through audio and video.


Author: Ruth Hellier-Tinoco
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 06/07/2011
Pages: 360
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.00w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780199790814

About the Author

Ruth Hellier-Tinoco is a professor in the Departments of Music and Theater/Dance at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Her research engages the fields of performance studies, ethnomusicology, dance anthropology, theater studies, Latin American history, and community arts.

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