RHETOR 151 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Cultural Hegemony
13 Mar 2017
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Carnivals, triumphs and rain gods in the new world: a civic festival in the city of. Year of tensions between christian and natives began with a civic festival which seemed to unite the communities. What did these festivals reveal about the competing visions of spaniards and indians in the early years of the colony and how both these communities interacted in order to construct colonialism in the new. Combination of spanish misinterpretations and competing political concerns allowed colonial authorities to five indians this and other avenues to represent themselves in public, and in turn influence texture and form of colonial culture through festivals. Functionalist features: act as safety valve for social tensions. Through 16th century, european authorities circumscribed subversive activities of the carnival by the natives > took more control in the staging of public ceremony, scripting of the ceremony and defining participants.
