AViva MZxico! AViva la Independencia!

Celebrations of September 16
Herausgeber: Lorey, David E.; Beezley, William H.

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Produktbeschreibung

Examines the Independence holiday, exploring how this most important public festival in the civic calendar has given Mexicans a rich tradition of national celebration that is part creation myth, part official pomp, and part popular merrymaking. This work looks at how Independence Day festivities have provided a medium for informal education.

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Produktdetails

• Latin American Silhouettes
• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield
• Seitenzahl: 261
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2000
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 153mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 484g
• ISBN-13: 9780842029155
• ISBN-10: 084202915X
• Artikelnr.: 21933549

Autorenporträt

William H. Beezley is professor of history at the University of Arizona. David E. Lorey is program officer for Latin America at the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation in Menlo Park, California.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Introduction: The Functions of Patriotic Ceremony in Mexico
Chapter 2 Images of Independence in the Nineteenth Century: The Grito de
Dolores, History and Myth Chapter 3 The Junta Patriótica and the
Celebration of Independence in Mexico City, 1825-1855 Chapter 4 The First
Independence Celebrations in San Luis Potosí, 1824-1847 Chapter 5 San Angel
as the Site of National Festivals in the 1860s Chapter 6 Conservatives
Contest the Meaning of Independence, 1846-1855 Chapter 7 New Celebrations
of Independence: Puebla (1869) and Mexico City (1883) Chapter 8 The Capital
Commemorates Independence at the Turn of the Century Chapter 9 1910 Mexico
City: Space and Nation in the City of the Centenario Chapter 10 The 1921
Centennial Celebration of Mexico's Independence: State Building and Popular
Negotiation Chapter 11 Postrevolutionary Contexts for Independence Day: The
"Problem" of Order and the Invention of Revolution Day, 1920s-1940s Chapter
12 Suggested Readings Chapter 13 About the Editors and Contributors Chapter
14 Index