{"product_id":"carnival-and-other-christian-festivals-folk-theology-and-folk-performance-paperback-softback-9780292701915","title":"Carnival and Other Christian Festivals; Folk Theology and Folk Performance (Paperback \/ softback) 9780292701915","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eCarnival and Other Christian Festivals\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eFolk Theology and Folk Performance\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMax Harris (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780292701915\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 November 2003\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e304 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.9 cm, 0.454 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart One: Days of Saints and Virgins \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1. Demons and Dragons (Catalonia)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2. Flowers for Saint Tony (Aragon)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3. El Mas Chiquito de To' Los Santos (Puerto Rico)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4. The Cross-Dressed Virgin on a Tightrope (Mexico)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5. A Polka for the Sun and Santiago (Mexico)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart Two: Corpus Christi \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e6. Dancing under Friendly Fire (Catalonia)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e7. A Confraternity of Jews (Castile-La Mancha)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e8. Saint Sebastian and the Blue-eyed Blacks (Peru)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart Three: Carnivals \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e9. A Scattering of Ants (Galicia)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e10. The Bandit and the Fat Man (Navarre)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e11. Safe for the Bourgeoisie (Belgium)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e12. Devils and Decorum (Trinidad)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e13. The Sins of the Carnival Virgin (Bolivia)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNotes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBibliography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52685390414104,"sku":"9780292701915","price":21.56,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/carnival-and-other-christian-festivals-folk-theology-and-folk-performance-paperback-softback-9780292701915","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}