Power and Persuasion
Fiestas and Social Control in Rural Mexico

Stanley Brandes

1988 | 224 pages | Cloth $39.95 | Paper $22.50
Anthropology

Table of Contents

Illustrations
Acknowledgments

One. Studying Fiestas and Social Control
Two. The Social Context of Tzintzuntzan Fiestas
Three. Fiesta Organization
Four. Contract and Exchange
Five. Tourism and the State
Six. Pyrotechnics and Politics
Seven. Social Control through Dance
Eight. A Christmas Morality Play
Nine. Fiestas and the Social Order

Glossary
Bibliography
Index