Dancing with Life: Recontextualizing Mexican Masks: By Pavel Shlossberg, Austin, TX: University of Texas Press/The Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture, 2023. 168 pp. ISBN: 9781477326688.

The article focuses on "Dancing with Life: Recontextualizing Mexican Masks," a catalogue accompanying an exhibition at the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture, which emphasizes the importance of danzas (masked dances) in Indigenous communities of Michoacan, Mexico. The author, Pavel Shlossberg, arg...

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Publicado en:Journal of Latin American & Caribbean Anthropology Vol. 30; no. 2; pp. 1 - 3
Autor principal: Cuellar, Manuel R.
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Wiley-Blackwell Jun2025
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