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Author Hellier-Tinoco, Ruth.

Title Embodying Mexico : tourism, nationalism & performance / Ruth Hellier-Tinoco
Published New York : Oxford University Press, ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (x, 341 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series Currents in Latin American & Iberian music
Currents in Latin American & Iberian music.
Contents pt. 1. Setting the scene : Many Mexicos -- pt. 2. Tracing ninety years of performism -- pt. 3. Embodiment, photographs, and economics
Summary Exploring the role of performance in tourist and nationalist contexts, Embodying Mexico analyzes the making of icons in 20th century Mexico, as local dance, music, and ritual practices are transformed into national and global spectacles
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-317) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Folklore -- Performance -- Mexico
Folk dancing, Mexican.
Folk music -- Mexico.
Popular culture -- Mexico
Culture and tourism -- Mexico
Politics and culture -- Mexico
Culture and globalization -- Mexico
National characteristics, Mexican.
HISTORY -- Latin America -- Mexico.
Culture and globalization
Culture and tourism
Folk dancing, Mexican
Folk music
Folklore -- Performance
Manners and customs
National characteristics, Mexican
Politics and culture
Popular culture
SUBJECT Mexico -- Social life and customs
Subject Mexico
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780199712731
0199712735
9780199896998
0199896992