Spectacular Wealth The Festivals of Colonial South American Mining Towns

Bridging print culture and performance, Spectacular Wealth draws on eighteenth-century festival accounts to explore how colonial residents of the silver-mining town of Potosí, in the viceroyalty of Peru, and the gold-mining region of Minas Gerais, in Brazil, created rich festive cultures that refute...

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Main Author: Voigt, Lisa
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Austin University of Texas Press 2016
Edition:1
Subjects:
Art & Art History
ART / Caribbean & Latin American
ART / General
Caribbean & Latin American
Ethnic identity
Festivals
Festivals-Social aspects-South America
HISTORY
HISTORY / Latin America / South America
Latin America
Mining districts
Social aspects
Social life and customs
South America
South America-History-To 1806
To 1806
ISBN:9781477310502, 1477310509
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction ONE: In Praise of Follies: TWO: Celebrating Minas Gerais in Triunfo Eucharistico and Aureo Throno Episcopal THREE: Festive Natives in Potosí, from Audience to Performance FOUR: “Nos Pretos como no Prelo”: Conclusion. Notes Works Cited Index
  • Acknowledgments Introduction Part One. Texts 1. In Praise of Follies: Creole Patriotism in the Festivals of Arzáns’s Historia de la Villa Imperial de Potosí 2. Celebrating Minas Gerais in Triunfo Eucharistico and Aureo Throno Episcopal Part Two. Celebrants 3. Festive Natives in Potosí, from Audience to Performance 4. “Nos Pretos como no Prelo”: Afro-Brazilians in Festivals, from Performance to Print Conclusion: Spectacular Tributes Notes Works Cited Index Contents Half Title, Title Page, Copyright, Dedication Cover
  • Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part One. Texts -- 1. In Praise of Follies: Creole Patriotism in the Festivals of Arzáns's Historia de la Villa Imperial de Potosí -- 2. Celebrating Minas Gerais in Triunfo Eucharistico and Aureo Throno Episcopal -- Part Two. Celebrants -- 3. Festive Natives in Potosí, from Audience to Performance -- 4. "Nos Pretos como no Prelo": Afro-Brazilians in Festivals, from Performance to Print -- Conclusion: Spectacular Tributes -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index
  • Acknowledgments --
  • Chapter two. Celebrating Minas Gerais in Triunfo Eucharistico and Aureo Throno Episcopal --
  • Contents --
  • Chapter three. Festive Natives in Potosí, from Audience to Performance --
  • Chapter four. “Nos Pretos como no Prelo”: Afro-Brazilians in Festivals, from Performance to Print --
  • Part one. Texts --
  • Works Cited --
  • Chapter one. In Praise of Follies: Creole Patriotism in the Festivals of Arzáns’s Historia de la Villa Imperial de Potosí --
  • Index
  • Part two. Celebrants --
  • Conclusion. Spectacular Tributes --
  • Frontmatter --
  • Notes --
  • Introduction --