Shaping Society through Dance
Mestizo Ritual Performance in the Peruvian Andes
302 pages
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32 halftones, 1 map, 1 CD
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6 x 9
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© 2000
- Contents
- Review Quotes
Table of Contents

Contents
List of Illustrations
Contents of Compact Disc
Acknowledgments
1. An Introduction to the Study of Ritual Dance Performance in the Andes
2. Folklore, Authenticity, and Traditions in Cusco Regional Identity
3. The People of San Jerónimo, Their Lives, and Their Main Ritual in Regional and Historical Perspectives
4. The Majeños Comparsa: Power, Prestige, and Masculinity among Mestizos
5. Genuine but Marginal: Cultural Belonging, Social Subordination, and the Carnivalesque in the Qollas Performance
6. Contesting Identities through Altiplano Danzas: Gender and Generational Conflicts in the Cusco Region
7. Reflections on the Relationship between Performance and Society
Notes
References
Contents of Video
Index
Contents of Compact Disc
Acknowledgments
1. An Introduction to the Study of Ritual Dance Performance in the Andes
2. Folklore, Authenticity, and Traditions in Cusco Regional Identity
3. The People of San Jerónimo, Their Lives, and Their Main Ritual in Regional and Historical Perspectives
4. The Majeños Comparsa: Power, Prestige, and Masculinity among Mestizos
5. Genuine but Marginal: Cultural Belonging, Social Subordination, and the Carnivalesque in the Qollas Performance
6. Contesting Identities through Altiplano Danzas: Gender and Generational Conflicts in the Cusco Region
7. Reflections on the Relationship between Performance and Society
Notes
References
Contents of Video
Index
Review Quotes
Katherine Borland | Journal of American Folklore
"Mendoza provides a fascinating picture of both the comparsa performances themselves and the constructed and contested nature of identity among mestizos in a Peruvian community. Folklorists, both festical scholars and Latin Americanists, will find [the book] a solid, valuable work of scholarship that speaks to contemporary concerns in cultural studies."--Journal of American Folklore
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