内容简介

　　本书向读者呈现了有关墨西哥公共庆祝活动和流行文化的重要研究成果。在15篇文章中，来自美洲和英国的学者讨论了从16世纪到现在墨西哥流行文化具说服力的方面。他们探讨了广泛的墨西哥表达，包括鄙俗的歌曲和舞蹈、节日、石头壁画、圣体节庆典、铜管乐队和民间戏剧。填补需求变得越来越紧迫，这本及时的文集填补了日益紧迫的需求将提供新的见解读者感兴趣的文化史，拉丁美洲，人类学和其他领域。

　　这些研究以点带面，从不同角度切入，讨论了西班牙殖民者到达以来，墨西哥公共生活、政治文化与社会秩序的复杂互动。本书编者们借助多学科的理论和研究成果，如格尔茨的“剧场国家”理论、涂尔干对宗教国家的分析、布克哈特的《作为艺术品的国家》、富勒对法国大革命的研究等，呈现了墨西哥大众文化发展的整体态势。

　　15世纪末，西班牙殖民者来到墨西哥，为更好地进行统治，他们带来了语言和仪式。经过三个世纪的发展，19世纪殖民者离开时，外来的仪式、语言、文化已与原住民的历史传统相融合，催生出新的民间行为和大众文化。在后殖民时代独立的民族国家中，这些文化活动成为了阶级、性别、信仰混杂的竞技场，统治与抗争、异化与同化。本书借助对公共庆典、民间仪式、大众娱乐的分析，勾画了文化与政治的精密网络，有助于理解墨西哥从殖民到独立的社会转型，及其对现代生活的影响。

　　作者简介

　　威廉·比兹利（William H.Beezley），美国亚利桑那大学终身教授，墨西哥近代史、拉美文化史研究专家。

　　谢丽尔·马丁（Cheryl English Martin），美国德克萨斯大学教授，拉丁美洲史、墨西哥殖民史研究专家。

　　威廉·弗伦奇（William E.French），加拿大不列颠哥伦比亚大学教授，拉丁美洲史、墨西哥近代史、性别文化史专家。

　　李音，清华大学社会学博士，福建师范大学社会历史学院讲师。主要研究兴趣为文化人类学、社会资本与公共空间等。

　　周燕，清华大学政治学博士，清华大学国际与地区研究院助理研究员，牛津大学圣安东尼学院拉丁美洲研究博士后研究员。主要研究领域为拉丁美洲的国家与社会关系、阶层与政治行为、文化与宗教等。

Content introduction

This book presents the reader with important research on public celebrations and popular culture in Mexico. In 15 essays, scholars from the Americas and the United Kingdom discuss persuasive aspects of Mexican popular culture from the 16th century to the present. They explore a wide range of Mexican expressions, including vulgar songs and dances, festivals, stone frescoes, Corpus Christi celebrations, brass bands, and folk theater. Filling a need that has become increasingly urgent, this timely collection of essays that fills the increasingly urgent need will provide readers with new insights into cultural history, Latin America, anthropology, and other fields of interest.

These studies discuss the complex interaction of public life, political culture, and social order in Mexico since the arrival of Spanish colonists from different perspectives. The authors of this book use multidisciplinary theories and research results, such as Geertz's "theater state" theory, Durkheim's analysis of the religious state, Burkhardt's "The State as a Work of Art", Fuller's study of the French Revolution, etc., to present the overall trend of the development of Mexican popular culture.

In the late 15th century, Spanish settlers arrived in Mexico, bringing with them language and rituals to better govern. After three centuries of development, by the time the colonists left in the 19th century, foreign rituals, languages, and cultures had merged with indigenous historical traditions, giving rise to new folk behaviors and popular cultures. In the post-colonial independent nation states, these cultural activities become the arena of mixed class, gender, belief, domination and struggle, alienation and assimilation. Through an analysis of public celebrations, civil ceremonies, and popular entertainment, the book charts the delicate web of culture and politics that helped to understand Mexico's social transition from colonization to independence and its impact on modern life.

About the author

William H. Beazley is a tenured professor at the University of Arizona and a specialist in modern Mexican and Latin American cultural history.

Cheryl English Martin is a professor at the University of Texas and an expert on Latin American and Mexican colonial history.

William E.French is a professor at the University of British Columbia, Canada, and an expert on Latin American history, modern Mexican history, and gender and cultural history.

Li Yin, PhD in Sociology, Tsinghua University, Lecturer, School of Social History, Fujian Normal University. His research interests include cultural anthropology, social capital and public space.

Yan Zhou has a PhD in Political Science from Tsinghua University, an assistant research fellow at the Institute of International and Regional Studies at Tsinghua University, and a postdoctoral fellow in Latin American Studies at St. Anthony's College, Oxford. His research interests include state and social relations, class and political behavior, culture and religion in Latin America.