Acknowledgments

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Acknowledgments xv
5. Introduction Choreographing a Festive Nation: Performance, Dance, and Embodied Histories in Mexico 1
6. 1. Rehearsals of a Cosmopolitan Modernity: The Porfirian Centennial Celebrations of Mexican Independence in 1910 39
7. 2. La Noche Mexicana and the Staging of a Festive Mexico 74
8. 3. Nellie Campobello: The Choreographer of Dancing Histories in Mexico 117
9. 4. Cinematic Renditions of a Dancing Mexico: Folklórico Dance in Mexican Film 164
10. Epilogue. Queering Mexico’s Archive: Ephemerality, Movement, and Kinesthetic Imaginings 224
11. Notes 233
12. Bibliography 279
13. Index 301