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Danzantes Aztecas Y Promotoras Tradicionales: the Ritual Performances and Identity Politics of a Mexican American Ceremonial Community University of New Mexico UNM Digital Repository American Studies ETDs Electronic Theses and Dissertations Summer 7-21-2020 DANZANTES AZTECAS Y PROMOTORAS TRADICIONALES: THE RITUAL PERFORMANCES AND IDENTITY POLITICS OF A MEXICAN AMERICAN CEREMONIAL COMMUNITY Dina K. Barajas University of New Mexico Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/amst_etds Part of the American Studies Commons Recommended Citation Barajas, Dina K.. "DANZANTES AZTECAS Y PROMOTORAS TRADICIONALES: THE RITUAL PERFORMANCES AND IDENTITY POLITICS OF A MEXICAN AMERICAN CEREMONIAL COMMUNITY." (2020). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/amst_etds/101 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Electronic Theses and Dissertations at UNM Digital Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in American Studies ETDs by an authorized administrator of UNM Digital Repository. For more information, please contact [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]. i Dina K. Barajas Candidate American Studies Department This dissertation is approved, and it is acceptable in quality and form for publication: Approved by the Dissertation Committee: Dr. Michael Leon Trujillo , Chairperson Dr. Kathleen Holscher Dr. Manley Begay Jr. Dr. Patrisia Gonzales ii DANZANTES AZTECAS Y PROMOTORAS TRADICIONALES: THE RITUAL PERFORMANCES AND IDENTITY POLITICS OF A MEXICAN AMERICAN CEREMONIAL COMMUNITY By Dina Barajas B.A., Women’s Studies, California State University, Long Beach, 2003 M.A., American Indian Studies, University of Arizona, Tucson, 2010 M.S., Mexican American Studies, University of Arizona, Tucson, 2012 DISSERTATION Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy American Studies The University of New México Albuquerque, New México July 2020 iii Dedication This dissertation is dedicated to my nana, tata, mom, dad and all of my ancestors and spirit guides. It was with their knowledge, wisdom, hard work, consejos, guidance and belief in me that motivated me to dream of and complete this dissertation. “They can never take it from me” nana, and now I’ll “never have to work a hard day” in my life. I love you all very much. iv Acknowledgments Thank you nana for always telling me to “get your education, because they can never take it from you.” And, “If you don’t get your education you will always work hard. If you get your education, you won’t have to work a hard day in your life.” Nana, your love and consejos has been my strongest motivation. Thank you tata for your love. Mom thank you for being the best mom ever! And, for being a strong role model by attaining your bachelor’s and master’s degrees while taking care of your family and working. Dad thank you for being my dad, and for your hard work ethic of working two to three jobs at a time to take care of us. I love you. And, thanks mom and dad for your strong conviction in social justice and pride in our cultura! I Love you both very much! Tia Bebe thank you for being my ninnie and for being another super woman like my mom by getting your education while taking care of your family and working. Tio Alex thank you for being a great tio and strong male figure who also attained his higher education while taking care of his family and working full-time. And, I greatly appreciate the support you have given me toward my education, from providing feedback toward my personal statements to your consejos and belief in me throughout this journey. Thank you my sister Eileen for your support, tough love, and all the fun times we’ve had—I never forget where I came from or who I am with you, love you! My brother Laurence, thank you for being the fun and loving brother you are. And, thanks taking that folklore class with me at Citrus College years ago and for the many fun times we’ve had together and with our friends! Love you. My brother Adrian thank you for being the loving and supportive brother that you are, I love you. Thank you grandma Juanita for love and support. Nina Mary thank you for the love and support you have always given me. Thank you my best friend Teresita for your love and support. You also remind me of where I came from and of who I am. Love you. Liza Soto thank you for being a very good friend, you v were there with me and supported me from the beginning—best roommate ever! Love you! Thank you my committee members Dr. Michael Trujillo, my committee chair, thank you for your consejos and for trusting me with this important work. Dr. Kathleen Holscher thank you for your expertise in Religious, and Southwest Studies, and for your support and feedback. Dr. Patrisia Gonzales I greatly appreciate your many consejos, y mucho carino y ayudas you have given me throughout my graduate studies. Mil gracias! Love you. Dr. Manley Begay Jr., thank you for inspiring me to focus my scholarship on my and others interculturally mixed Indigenous and Mexican American heritage, and for the support and guidance you have given me since the inception of my graduate studies. I appreciate you as one of my dearest elders and mentors. Thank you my dissertation writing coach Dr. Stephanie Sanchez. You have been greatly instrumental in this important work. Thank you mucho! Dr. Roberto Rodríguez you have been extremely inspiring and instrumental in my masters and PhD scholarship, and in my dissertation. I appreciate you as a mentor, gracias. Thank you Dr. Emory Sekaquaptewa, descanse en paz. You were instrumental as my committee chair in American Indian Studies at the University of Arizona. And, you were integral in making me feel welcomed and encouraging me to create community on Hopi land. You will always be one of my most respected elders and mentors, thank you. Dr. Melinda Garcia thank you for being my elder and mentor. Mil gracias por tu sabiduría, consejos, paciencia y ayudas. Dr. Irene Vasquez I appreciate the support, mentoring, guidance and advisement you have provided during my doctoral studies. Thank you Department of American Studies administrators Sandy Rodrigue, Mercedes Nysus and Hairo Barghash for all of your help, guidance and encouragement. You’re the best! Carlyn Pinkins thank you for being such a compassionate writing tutor and a good friend. I will always appreciate you letting me cry on your shoulder and helping me to pick myself up during a trying time in graduate school. vi Thank you Jairo Marshall for providing important help toward the formatting of my dissertation! Andrea Hernandez Holm thank you for being mi amigita and writing tutor. You were instrumental in my evolution as a writer and critical thinker, and in motivating me to believe and trust in myself as a scholar. I will always have mucho carino para ti. Dr. Angela Bowen, rest in power! You encouraged me to go to graduate school and pursue a PhD. You lit that fire within me so that I could believe in myself. And, I did it! Thank you! Calpulli Teoxicalli gracias for welcoming me into your ceremonial space and being an integral part of my dream of creating this work. I also want to thank my ceremonial community, Kalpulli Tezcatlipoca, my elders Sophia, Isabel, Julisa, Paul and his wife, and Felipe and Teresa. I greatly appreciate tu consejos and for teaching by example. Y gracias danza Azteca grupos Maguey, Fuego, Etér and Tonantzin. Thank you promotoras tradicionales of Kalpulli Tezcatlipoca, and comadre y compadre healers, y todo ceremonial community members of Angelitas. You greatly helped me with your support of and participation in this work, and for just being the angelitas that we truly are. Thank you mi abuela de la danza de la Luna, I greatly appreciate your support of mi trabajo y tu consejos, and for the growth and strength I have gained as a Moondancer. Everyone who volunteered their time, knowledge and wisdom as interview participants, thank you! Your support of my work and the perspectives you contributed are invaluable. Thank you my friend Rain for welcoming me in ceremony—ceremonies which gave me powerful guidance and direction toward my dissertation. Thank you all of my ancestors and spirit guides for guiding me on this spiritual journey and for speaking to me in my conscious and unconscious dream states, so that I could conceive this important work. I also want to thank all of the organizations and departments that provided funding toward this work, including the department of American Studies for several graduate and vii teaching assistantships and funding awards, including nominating me for the 2018/2019 Graduate Student Success Scholarship. Thank you American Studies Graduate Student Association for the several scholarship you provided me, and UNM’s Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies for several funding opportunities through teaching assistantships. several fellowships toward this research. Center for Regional Studies thank you for awarding me the several fellowships toward this research. Thank you Dr. A. Gabriel Meléndez for funding opportunities and support you have provided throughout my graduate studies at UMM. Thank you Center for Southwest Research for awarding me the Clinton P. Anderson Fellowship, and Chris Geherin for being the best supervisor while I was the Clinton P. Anderson fellow, and for your support toward my academic and professional endeavors. Thank you Latin American Studies for awarding me a research grant, UNM’s El Centro de la Raza for awarding me the competitive Ida Romero Scholarship, and Professional Development Award, and UNM’s Career Services for awarding me the Student Conference Award Program Scholarship, twice. Thank you Paulita Aguilar for always helping me with my research and being a good friend.
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