Crafting Identity - Transnational Indian Arts and the Politics of Race in Central Mexico

Informationen zum Autor Pavel Shlossberg is an assistant professor in the master's program in communication and leadership studies at Gonzaga University. His research interests include cultural studies of Latin America, cultural citizenship, cultural production, ethnic and racial identity, transnationalism, and media and reception studies. ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­ Klappentext Presents an ethnographic exploration of mask making in central Mexico. In addition to examining larger theoretical issues about indigenous and mestizo identity and cultural citizenship as represented through masks and festivals, the book also examines how dominant institutions of cultural production mediate Mexican "arte popular”. Zusammenfassung Presents an ethnographic exploration of mask making in central Mexico. In addition to examining larger theoretical issues about indigenous and mestizo identity and cultural citizenship as represented through masks and festivals! the book also examines how dominant institutions of cultural production mediate Mexican "arte popular".

Product details

• Authors: Pavel Shlossberg
• Publisher: The University of Arizona Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.06.2015
• EAN: 9780816530991
• ISBN: 978-0-8165-3099-1
• No. of pages: 280
• Series: First Peoples: New Directions in Indigenous Studies; First Peoples: New Directions; First Peoples: New Directions in Indigenous Studies; First Peoples: New Directions
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Plastic arts; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology