(Ef)Facing the Face of Nationalism: Wrestling Masks in Chicano and Mexican Performance Art
Masks serve as particularly effective props in contemporary Mexican and Chicano performance art because of a number of deeply rooted traditions in Mexican culture. This essay explores the mask as code of honor in Mexican culture, and foregrounds the manner in which a number of contemporary Mexican a...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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New Prairie Press
2001-06-01
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Series: | Studies in 20th & 21st Century Literature |
Online Access: | http://newprairiepress.org/sttcl/vol25/iss2/6 |