Sexogenic identities, cosmovision and communality in the "dance of the mascaritas" of Santa María Huazolotitlán, Oaxaca, Mexico

The article analizes the socio-historical meanings concerning the relation between gender and sex and its re-actualization in the town of Santa María Huazolotitlán, Oaxaca, Mexico. Especially, it is being tryed to comprehend why homosexual identities among men have been expressed through the embodym...

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Autor principal: González Gómez, Óscar
Formato: Artículo revista
Lenguaje:Español
Publicado: Centro de Investigaciones de la Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/intersticios/article/view/15380
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Sumario:The article analizes the socio-historical meanings concerning the relation between gender and sex and its re-actualization in the town of Santa María Huazolotitlán, Oaxaca, Mexico. Especially, it is being tryed to comprehend why homosexual identities among men have been expressed through the embodyment of feminine characters in a ñuu savi (mixtec) dance over the past few years. The aim of this investigation leads to question how these processes are being configured in webs of communal meaning and add up knowledge for practices towards the descolonization of "Nuestra America".