The Taos Pueblo Matachines
Ritual Symbolism and Interethnic Relations
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2466429 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sylvia Rodríguez (0000-0002-3261-1944, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1991 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 234-256 |
| Publication date | 1991-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Ethnologist (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0094-0496 • E-ISSN: 1548-1425 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1525/ae.1991.18.2.02a00030 |
| OpenAlex | W2011389444 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 19 |
This article analyzes the Matachines dance at Taos Pueblo as a ritual-symbolic expression of the history and character of Indian-Mexicano relations in the Taos Valley. Details of the dance are examined with reference to the history and ecology of Taos, including the overall pattern of interethnic village relations established around the Pueblo. The analysis focuses on the Abuelos, or clowns, and the burlesques they perform during the three-day Christmas performance. These burlesques appear to refer metaphorically and ironically to a shared Indo-Hispano heritage of conquest, competition, and miscegenation
Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Character (mathematics · CONQUEST · Dance · Expression (computer science · Sociology · Visual arts · Anthropology · History · Latin American and Latino Studies · Social and Cultural Dynamics
Secrecy
The Spoken Word and the Work of Interpretation
The Forest of Symbols
Linguistic Structures of Native America
The Indian Christ, the Indian King
Pueblo Clowning and Pueblo Clay
Burlesquing “the other” in Pueblo performance
Play, Role Reversal and Humor
Hispanic Folk Music of New Mexico and the Southwest
The Matachines Dance
Art, Tourism, and Race Relations in Taos
Mexican Moriscas
New Perspectives on the Pueblos
A Descriptive Introduction to the Taos Peyote Ceremony
Symbolic types, mediation and the transformation of ritual context
Music and Dance of the Tewa Pueblos
Capakoba, the Mayo Easter Ceremonial Impersonator
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,08 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2013 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |