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

by William H. Beezley (Editor), Cheryl E. Martin (Editor), William E. French (Editor)

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.

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First published January 1, 1994

About the author

William H. Beezley is a professor of history at the University of Arizona. He is the author and editor of dozens of books and articles, most notably Judas at the Jockey Club and Other Episodes of Porfirian Mexico, and he is the editor-in-chief of the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Latin American History.

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[Illona · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book has a wealth of information, in-depth, and covers cultural aspects not covered in other texts on the same topic. (374 pages)

Table of Contents:
Introduction : constructing consent, inciting conflict
Giants and gypsies : Corpus Christi in colonial Mexico City / L.A. Curcio-Nagy
Lewd songs and dances from the streets of Eighteenth-century new Spain / S.R. Ayala
The working poor and the Eighteenth-century colonial state : gender, public order, and work discipline / S. Deans-Smith
A world of images : cult, ritual, and society in colonial Mexico City / C.G. Ayluardo
Public celebrations, popular culture, and labor discipline in Eighteenth-century Chihuahua / C.E. Martin
Policia y Buen Gobierno : municipal efforts to regulate public behavior, 1821-1857 / A. Staples
Streetwise history : the Paeso de la reforma and the Porfirian State, 1876-1910 / B.A. Tenenbaum
Proletarians, politicos, and patriarchs : the use and abuse of cultural customs in the early industrialization of Mexico City, 1880-1910 / T. Morgan
The Porfirian smart set anticipates Thorstein Veblen in Guadalajara / W.H. Beezley
Progreso Forzado : workers and the inculcation of the capitalist work ethic in the Parral mining district / W.E. French
The construction of the Patriotic Festival in Tecamachalco, Puebla, 1900-1946 / M.K. Vaughan
Popular reactions to the educational reforms of Cardenismo / E. Loyo
Burning saints, molding minds : iconoclasm, civic ritual, and the failed cultural revolution / A.A. Bantjes
Misiones culturales, teatro conasupo, and teatro comunidad : the evolution of rural theater / D.H. Frischmann
The ceremonial and political roles of village bands, 1846-1974 / G.P.C. Thomson
Conclusion : the state as vampire-hegemonic projects, public ritual, and popular culture in Mexico, 1600-1990.