Jarocho's Soul: Cultural Identity and Afro-Mexican Dance

by Anita González and Anita González

Brown-skinned men and women move across Mexico's national stages dancing the folkloric jarocho, a symbolic blend of Spanish, Native American, and African cultures. Jarocho's Soul: Cultural Identity and Afro-Mexican Dance traces the evolution and transformation of an Afro-Mexican dance form into a national cultural icon. It is an ethnographic study that compares and contrasts Mexican performance of national identity with Untied States...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761827757
• ISBN13: 9780761827757
• Release Date: February 2004
• Publisher: University Press of America
• Length: 172 Pages
• Weight: 2.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.4"