Book contents
- Sovereign Joy
- Afro-Latin America
- Sovereign Joy
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 “With Their King and Queen”
- 2 “Rebel Black Kings (and Queens)”?
- 3 “Savage Kings” and Baroque Festival Culture
- 4 “Black and Beautiful”
- Conclusion
- Appendix Persons Charged in 1609
- Bibliography
- Index
2 - “Rebel Black Kings (and Queens)”?
Race, Colonial Psychosis, and Afro-Mexican Kings and Queens
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 16 June 2022
- Sovereign Joy
- Afro-Latin America
- Sovereign Joy
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 “With Their King and Queen”
- 2 “Rebel Black Kings (and Queens)”?
- 3 “Savage Kings” and Baroque Festival Culture
- 4 “Black and Beautiful”
- Conclusion
- Appendix Persons Charged in 1609
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
This chapter analyzes two instances where Afro-Mexicans' confraternal and festive customs were used against them. The chapter seeks to illustrate how the Iberian world's growing anti-Blackness affected Afro-Mexicans' confraternal and festive practices. Compared to these instances of persecution, the significance of the other performances studied in the book comes to the fore.
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- Sovereign JoyAfro-Mexican Kings and Queens, 1539-1640, pp. 80 - 125Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022