The Great Festivals of Colonial Mexico City - (Diálogos) by Linda A Curcio-Nagy (Paperback)

About the Book

This cultural history examines the functions of public rituals in colonial Mexico City, often totaling as many as 100 celebrations in a year.

Book Synopsis

This cultural history examines the functions of public rituals in colonial Mexico City, often totaling as many as 100 celebrations in a year.

Review Quotes

"A wonderful discovery, a careful, insightful, imaginative, and concise study of both the differences between Hapsburg and Bourbon royal authority and the gradual disintegration of colonial loyalty as seen through the lens of religous and royal festivities . . . superb book."

"Curcio-Nagy has written a concise, accessible history of civil festivals in colonial Mexico City. . . . Recommended."

"This book presents a well-structured argument that uses the festival as a vehicle to explain colonial political culture in broad stokes. . A concise and accessible introduction to the politics and historiography of Spanish colonialism in Latin America."

"This concise, clearly written book, is a welcome addition to recent works dealing with the cultural history of New Spain."

"This tightly-argued book deserves to be read by student and scholar alike."

"Well-written. . . the material is fascinating."