Miguel A. Valerio (St Louis Washington University)

Sovereign Joy

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Sovereign Joy is a multi-disciplinary exploration of Afro-Mexican festive practices between 1539 and 1640, and the ways Afro-Mexicans were able to express their culture, subjectivities, and negotiate their social standing through performance.

Produktdetails

• Afro-Latin America
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 282
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. September 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 224mm x 151mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 434g
• ISBN-13: 9781009078207
• ISBN-10: 1009078208
• Artikelnr.: 68272466

Autorenporträt

Miguel A. Valerio is Assistant Professor of Spanish at Washington University in St. Louis. His research focuses on the African Diaspora in the literatures and cultures of the Iberian world. This is his first book.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures
List of Tables
Preface
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction: Sovereign Joy
1. 'With their king and queen': Early Colonial Mexico, the Origins of Festive Black Kings and Queens, and the Birth of the Black Atlantic
2. 'Rebel Black Kings (and Queens)'?: Race, Colonial Psychosis, and Afro-Mexican Kings and Queens
3. 'Savage Kings' and Baroque Festival Culture: Afro-Mexicans in the Celebration of the Beatification of Ignatius of Loyola
4. 'Black and Beautiful': Afro-Mexican Women Performing Creole Identity
Conclusion: Where did the black court go?
Appendix
Bibliography
Index.