The Resource Carnival and other Christian festivals : folk theology and folk performance, by Max Harris
Carnival and other Christian festivals : folk theology and folk performance, by Max Harris
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The item Carnival and other Christian festivals : folk theology and folk performance, by Max Harris represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Sydney Jones Library, University of Liverpool.
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- Summary
- Publisher's description: With a riotous mix of saints and devils, street theater and dancing, and music and fireworks, Christian festivals are some of the most lively and colorful spectacles that occur in Spain and its former European and American possessions. That these folk celebrations, with roots reaching back to medieval times, remain vibrant in the high-tech culture of the twenty-first century strongly suggests that they also provide an indispensable vehicle for expressing hopes, fears, and desires that people can articulate in no other way. In this book, Max Harris explores and develops principles for understanding the folk theology underlying patronal saints' day festivals, feasts of Corpus Christi, and Carnivals through a series of vivid, first-hand accounts of these festivities throughout Spain and in Puerto Rico, Mexico, Peru, Trinidad, Bolivia, and Belgium. Paying close attention to the signs encoded in folk performances, he finds in these festivals a folk theology of social justice that--however obscured by official rhetoric, by distracting theories of archaic origin, or by the performers' own need to mask their resistance to authority--is often in articulate and complex dialogue with the power structures that surround it. This discovery sheds important new light on the meanings of religious festivals celebrated from Belgium to Peru and on the sophisticated theatrical performances they embody
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xi, 282 p., [8] p. of plates
- Contents
-
- Acknowledgments
- Pt. 1.
- Days of Saints and Virgins
- 1.
- Demons and Dragons (Catalonia).
- p. 3
- 2.
- Flowers for Saint Tony (Aragon).
- p. 21
- 3.
- El Mas Chiquito de To' Los Santos (Puerto Rico).
- p. 33
- 4.
- Cross-Dressed Virgin on a Tightrope (Mexico).
- p. 49
- 5.
- Polka for the Sun and Santiago (Mexico).
- p. 65
- Pt. 2.
- Corpus Christi
- 6.
- Dancing under Friendly Fire (Catalonia).
- p. 83
- 7.
- Confraternity of Jews (Castile - La Mancha).
- p. 99
- 8.
- Saint Sebastian and the Blue-eyed Blacks (Peru).
- p. 113
- Pt. 3.
- Carnivals
- 9.
- Scattering of Ants (Galicia).
- p. 139
- 10.
- Bandit and the Fat Man (Navarre).
- p. 157
- 11.
- Safe for the Bourgeoisie (Belgium).
- p. 173
- 12.
- Devils and Decorum (Trinidad).
- p. 187
- 13.
- Sins of the Carnival Virgin (Bolivia).
- p. 205
- Notes.
- p. 227
- Bibliography.
- p. 253
- Index.
- p. 271
- Isbn
- 9780292705524
- Label
- Carnival and other Christian festivals : folk theology and folk performance
- Title
- Carnival and other Christian festivals
- Title remainder
- folk theology and folk performance
- Statement of responsibility
- by Max Harris
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Publisher's description: With a riotous mix of saints and devils, street theater and dancing, and music and fireworks, Christian festivals are some of the most lively and colorful spectacles that occur in Spain and its former European and American possessions. That these folk celebrations, with roots reaching back to medieval times, remain vibrant in the high-tech culture of the twenty-first century strongly suggests that they also provide an indispensable vehicle for expressing hopes, fears, and desires that people can articulate in no other way. In this book, Max Harris explores and develops principles for understanding the folk theology underlying patronal saints' day festivals, feasts of Corpus Christi, and Carnivals through a series of vivid, first-hand accounts of these festivities throughout Spain and in Puerto Rico, Mexico, Peru, Trinidad, Bolivia, and Belgium. Paying close attention to the signs encoded in folk performances, he finds in these festivals a folk theology of social justice that--however obscured by official rhetoric, by distracting theories of archaic origin, or by the performers' own need to mask their resistance to authority--is often in articulate and complex dialogue with the power structures that surround it. This discovery sheds important new light on the meanings of religious festivals celebrated from Belgium to Peru and on the sophisticated theatrical performances they embody
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1949-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Harris, Max
- Government publication
- government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- BV43
- LC item number
- .H37 2003
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long series in Latin American and Latino art and culture
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Fasts and feasts
- Carnivals
- Festivals
- Label
- Carnival and other Christian festivals : folk theology and folk performance, by Max Harris
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-269) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Acknowledgments
- Pt. 1.
- Days of Saints and Virgins
- 1.
- Demons and Dragons (Catalonia).
- p. 3
- 2.
- Flowers for Saint Tony (Aragon).
- p. 21
- 3.
- El Mas Chiquito de To' Los Santos (Puerto Rico).
- p. 33
- 4.
- Cross-Dressed Virgin on a Tightrope (Mexico).
- p. 49
- 5.
- Polka for the Sun and Santiago (Mexico).
- p. 65
- Pt. 2.
- Corpus Christi
- 6.
- Dancing under Friendly Fire (Catalonia).
- p. 83
- 7.
- Confraternity of Jews (Castile - La Mancha).
- p. 99
- 8.
- Saint Sebastian and the Blue-eyed Blacks (Peru).
- p. 113
- Pt. 3.
- Carnivals
- 9.
- Scattering of Ants (Galicia).
- p. 139
- 10.
- Bandit and the Fat Man (Navarre).
- p. 157
- 11.
- Safe for the Bourgeoisie (Belgium).
- p. 173
- 12.
- Devils and Decorum (Trinidad).
- p. 187
- 13.
- Sins of the Carnival Virgin (Bolivia).
- p. 205
- Notes.
- p. 227
- Bibliography.
- p. 253
- Index.
- p. 271
- Control code
- GLAD185079133-B
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- xi, 282 p., [8] p. of plates
- Isbn
- 9780292705524
- Lccn
- 2003010315
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- ill. (some col.)
- Label
- Carnival and other Christian festivals : folk theology and folk performance, by Max Harris
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-269) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Acknowledgments
- Pt. 1.
- Days of Saints and Virgins
- 1.
- Demons and Dragons (Catalonia).
- p. 3
- 2.
- Flowers for Saint Tony (Aragon).
- p. 21
- 3.
- El Mas Chiquito de To' Los Santos (Puerto Rico).
- p. 33
- 4.
- Cross-Dressed Virgin on a Tightrope (Mexico).
- p. 49
- 5.
- Polka for the Sun and Santiago (Mexico).
- p. 65
- Pt. 2.
- Corpus Christi
- 6.
- Dancing under Friendly Fire (Catalonia).
- p. 83
- 7.
- Confraternity of Jews (Castile - La Mancha).
- p. 99
- 8.
- Saint Sebastian and the Blue-eyed Blacks (Peru).
- p. 113
- Pt. 3.
- Carnivals
- 9.
- Scattering of Ants (Galicia).
- p. 139
- 10.
- Bandit and the Fat Man (Navarre).
- p. 157
- 11.
- Safe for the Bourgeoisie (Belgium).
- p. 173
- 12.
- Devils and Decorum (Trinidad).
- p. 187
- 13.
- Sins of the Carnival Virgin (Bolivia).
- p. 205
- Notes.
- p. 227
- Bibliography.
- p. 253
- Index.
- p. 271
- Control code
- GLAD185079133-B
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- xi, 282 p., [8] p. of plates
- Isbn
- 9780292705524
- Lccn
- 2003010315
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- ill. (some col.)
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