Jarocho’s Soul: Cultural Identity and Afro-Mexican Dance |
Jarocho’s Soul: Cultural Identity and Afro-Mexican Dance
University Press of America (an Imprint of Rowman & Littlefield)
February 2004
182 pages
Size: 5 1/2 x 7 3/4
Paperback ISBN: 978-0-7618-2775-7
Anita González, Associate Professor and Associate Chair of Theatre Arts
State University of New York, New Paltz
Brown-skinned men and women move across Mexico’s national stages dancing the folkloric jarocho, a symbolic blend of Spanish, Native American, and African cultures. Jarocho’s Soul: Cultural Identity and Afro-Mexican Dance traces the evolution and transformation of an Afro-Mexican dance form into a national cultural icon. It is an ethnographic study that compares and contrasts Mexican performance of national identity with Untied States dance styles. The book uses the image of the jarocho as a window to explore the phenomena of racial/cultural mixing that is endemic to Mexico and increasingly apparent in the politics and aesthetics of United States cultural performances.
Table of Contents
- Chapter 1 List of Illustrations
- Chapter 2 Preface
- Chapter 3 Acknowledgments
- Chapter 4 Introduction: Crafting Self; Frames of Reference; Locale and Methodology; Chapter Overviews
- Chapter 5 Cultural Mixing and Mexican Performance: Mapping Art: Cultural Contexts; Studies in Revolutionary Nationalism: Manuel Ponce; Amalia Hernandez; Celestino Gorostiza; A Legacy of Performance Strategies; Provincial Identity
- Chapter 6 Roots of Jarocho Dance
- Chapter 7 Jarocho as Folkloric Dance: State Images Ballet Folklórico del la Universidad Veracruzana; Miguel Velez and the Authenticity Mission; Raices del Pueblo (The Peoples’ Roots)
- Chapter 8 Jarocho as Theater: Company History, Veracruz, Veracruz Interprets Jarocho; Actors’ Interpretive (Re)Circulations in Veracruz, Veracruz; Implications and Interpretations
- Chapter 9 Remembering and Transforming the Past: Fiesta de las Cruces; Rewriting Government Agendas
- Chapter 10 Conclusion
- Chapter 11 Glossary
- Chapter 12 References
- Chapter 13 Index