Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction 1
5. Part one. Texts
6. Chapter one. In Praise of Follies: Creole Patriotism in the Festivals of Arzáns’s Historia de la Villa Imperial de Potosí 21
7. Chapter two. Celebrating Minas Gerais in Triunfo Eucharistico and Aureo Throno Episcopal 53
8. Part two. Celebrants
9. Chapter three. Festive Natives in Potosí, from Audience to Performance 87
10. Chapter four. “Nos Pretos como no Prelo”: Afro-Brazilians in Festivals, from Performance to Print 121
11. Conclusion. Spectacular Tributes 151
12. Notes 157
13. Works Cited 197
14. Index 215