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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Ramirez, Paul Edward Montgomery

Titel

The Deer and the Donkey: Indigenous Ritual and Survivance in Nicaragua’s El Güegüense

Ist Teil von

• Latin American research review, 2021-09, Vol.56 (4), p.919-933

Ort / Verlag

Pittsburgh: Latin American Studies Association

Erscheinungsjahr

2021

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Beschreibungen/Notizen

• This article argues for a decolonial response to elite understandings of the Nicaraguan folk play El Gueguense, highlighting a reading of Indigenous survivance. It examines the work from a perspective that seeks to eliminate the colonial interpretations placed on it by elite writers, thinkers, and nation builders. Through a review of the literature on the play, associated cultural expressions, and personal experiences and understandings, this article evaluates the work as a product of Indigenous culture and mentality rather than a product of mestizaje or other colonial forces. An analysis of the play's dialogue, imagery, and dances is coupled with an Indigenous Chorotega perspective that demonstrates the spiritual significance of the work, in a discussion that seeks to lift the voices of Indigenous peoples of Pacific, North, and Central Nicaragua.