Embodying Mexico: Tourism, Nationalism & Performance

By Ruth Hellier-Tinoco

Book Overview

Embodying Mexico examines two performative icons of Mexicanness--the Dance of the Old Men and Night of the Dead of Lake Patzcuaro--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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199790817
• ISBN13: 9780199790814
• Release Date: June 2011
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.1"