Inclusion Politics/Subalternization Practices: The Construction of Ethnicity in Villancicos de Negros of the Cathedral of Santiago de Guatemala (16th-18th Centuries)
This paper problematizes the notion of ethnicity underlying in villancicos de negros that are sheltered in Guatemala’s Archidiocesan Historical Archive. Despite being musical pieces that project the idea of social harmony, they enable the emergence of identities in conflict with the colonial power,...
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| Format: | article |
| Status: | Published version |
| Publication Date: | 2019 |
| Country: | Costa Rica |
| Institution: | Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica |
| Repository: | Portal de Revistas UNA |
| Language: | Spanish |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:www.revistas.una.ac.cr:article/12972 |
| Online Access: | https://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/historia/article/view/12972 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | Colonial Music Ethnicity Subalternity Afro descendants Ethnic Identity Speeches History Guatemala música colonial etnicidad subalternidad afrodescendientes identidad cultural discurso historia |
| Summary: | This paper problematizes the notion of ethnicity underlying in villancicos de negros that are sheltered in Guatemala’s Archidiocesan Historical Archive. Despite being musical pieces that project the idea of social harmony, they enable the emergence of identities in conflict with the colonial power, based on an ambivalent discourse that consolidates and naturalizes racial stereotypes. |
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