Dancing Across Borders
Dancing Across Borders

Author: Norma E. Cantú

Publisher: University of Illinois Press

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 474

ISBN-13: 0252076095

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One of the first anthologies to focus on Mexican dance practices on both sides of the border

The Matachines Dance
The Matachines Dance

Author: Sylvia Rodríguez

Publisher: Sunstone Press

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 262

ISBN-13: 0865346348

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In this book, Rodriguez explores the colorful, complex, and often enigmatic Matachines dance as it is performed today. In the Upper Rio Grande Valley of New Mexico, the Matachines is the only ritual dance performed in both Indian Pueblos and Hispano communities.

The Music and Dance of the World's Religions
The Music and Dance of the World's Religions

Author: E. Rust

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 1996-08-23

Total Pages: 500

ISBN-13: 0313033358

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Despite the world-wide association of music and dance with religion, this is the first full-length study of the subject from a global perspective. The work consists of 3,816 references divided among 37 chapters. It covers tribal, regional, and global religions and such subjects as shamanism, liturgical dance, healing, and the relationship of music, mathematics, and mysticism. The referenced materials display such diverse approaches as analysis of music and dance, description of context, direct experience, observation, and speculation. The references address topics from such disciplines as sociology, anthropology, history, linguistics, musicology, ethnomusicology, theology, medicine, semiotics, and computer technology. Chapter 1 consists of general references to religious music and dance. The remaining 36 chapters are organized according to major geographical areas. Most chapters begin with general reference works and bibliographies, then continue with topics specific to the region or religion. This book will be of use to anyone with an interest in music, dance, religion, or culture.

Performing the US Latina and Latino Borderlands
Performing the US Latina and Latino Borderlands

Author: Arturo J. Aldama

Publisher: Indiana University Press

Published: 2012-10-09

Total Pages: 524

ISBN-13: 0253002958

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In this interdisciplinary volume, contributors analyze the expression of Latina/o cultural identity through performance. With music, theater, dance, visual arts, body art, spoken word, performance activism, fashion, and street theater as points of entry, contributors discuss cultural practices and the fashoning of identity in Latino/a communities throughout the US. Examining the areas of crossover between Latin and American cultures gives new meaning to the notion of "borderlands." This volume features senior scholars and up-and-coming academics from cultural, visual, and performance studies, folklore, and ethnomusicology.

The Power of Song
The Power of Song

Author: Kristin Mann

Publisher: Stanford University Press

Published: 2010-04-08

Total Pages: 472

ISBN-13: 0804773815

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The Power of Song explores the music and dance of Franciscan and Jesuit mission communities throughout the entire northern frontier of New Spain. Its purpose is to examine the roles music played: in teaching, evangelization, celebration, and the formation of group identities. There is no other work which looks comprehensively at the music of this region and time period, or which utilizes music as a way to study the cultural interactions between Indians and missionaries.

How Sweet the Sound
How Sweet the Sound

Author: David Ware Stowe

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 366

ISBN-13: 9780674012905

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Stowe traces the evolution of sacred music from colonial times to the present, from the Puritans to Sun Ra, and shows how these cultural encounters have produced a rich harvest of song and faith.