In this essay we describe bullfighting among the Maya peoples in eastern Yucatan. The fundamental aim is to situate this festive expression in the context of the rituals that shape the patron feasts, so as to stress a central fact: the transformation of a feast of clear Iberian origin into a manifestation that is deeply intertwined with a world vision of Mesoamerican ancestry. An analytical axis corresponds to the notions of sacrifice that articulate the events inside the bullring with those more discrete, that take place within the homes of the leaders of the guilds. Here, sacrifice of turkeys and pigs constitute the basis of a ritual gastronomy. Another axis is the acknowledgement of symbolic space and time referents of Mesoamerican origi...
El artículo analiza los mitos relacionados con el venado y el toro, animales que se usan con mayor f...
The present practice on Mesoamerican ball-games has come strengthening the mobilization of knowledge...
Children of the Devil. Cattle raisin and corrida among the Yucatec Maya. At the end of the XVIIth ce...
Resumen: Las figuras del torero y de la corrida de toros, con la música que se les asocia, son embl...
Cette thèse à caractère anthropologique dans le contexte du Doctorat, concerne les rituels dans les ...
This article presents elements of symbolic discourse that contribute to the maintenance of cultural ...
ResumenSe propone incluir bajo los términos del ritual, al evento taurino conocido como Huamantlada,...
This article introduces a method of semantic decoding of certain dishes cooked as part of the ritual...
This article proposes that Betsknate, a festival and ritual celebration of the Kamsá people, sheds l...
This article examines the study of ritual today in contemporary Latín America from the perspective o...
In the present essay, I propose to present a certain type of offering which the Otomí of Santa Ana H...
The present article focuses on the practice of bullfighting and the significantthickness that goes b...
Based on the author’s long-term fieldwork, this article examines different strategies for interpreti...
En este artículo se establece un acercamiento a las diferentes tipologías de la comida ritual que se...
In this paper I will offer a brief ethnographic overview of the role archaeological ruins (known as ...
El artículo analiza los mitos relacionados con el venado y el toro, animales que se usan con mayor f...
The present practice on Mesoamerican ball-games has come strengthening the mobilization of knowledge...
Children of the Devil. Cattle raisin and corrida among the Yucatec Maya. At the end of the XVIIth ce...
Resumen: Las figuras del torero y de la corrida de toros, con la música que se les asocia, son embl...
Cette thèse à caractère anthropologique dans le contexte du Doctorat, concerne les rituels dans les ...
This article presents elements of symbolic discourse that contribute to the maintenance of cultural ...
ResumenSe propone incluir bajo los términos del ritual, al evento taurino conocido como Huamantlada,...
This article introduces a method of semantic decoding of certain dishes cooked as part of the ritual...
This article proposes that Betsknate, a festival and ritual celebration of the Kamsá people, sheds l...
This article examines the study of ritual today in contemporary Latín America from the perspective o...
In the present essay, I propose to present a certain type of offering which the Otomí of Santa Ana H...
The present article focuses on the practice of bullfighting and the significantthickness that goes b...
Based on the author’s long-term fieldwork, this article examines different strategies for interpreti...
En este artículo se establece un acercamiento a las diferentes tipologías de la comida ritual que se...
In this paper I will offer a brief ethnographic overview of the role archaeological ruins (known as ...
El artículo analiza los mitos relacionados con el venado y el toro, animales que se usan con mayor f...
The present practice on Mesoamerican ball-games has come strengthening the mobilization of knowledge...
Children of the Devil. Cattle raisin and corrida among the Yucatec Maya. At the end of the XVIIth ce...