The Matachines Dance: Ritual Symbolism and Interethnic Relations in the Upper Rio Grande Valley (Publications of the American Folklore Society. New)

By Sylvia Rodriguez

The Matachines dance derives from a genre of medieval European folk dramas symbolising conflict between Christians and Moors. Spaniards brought it to the Americas as a vehicle for Christianising the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826316786
• ISBN13: 9780826316783
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Univ of New Mexico Pr
• Length: 194 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 0.8" x 6.3"