Browsing by Autor "Beatriz Rossells"

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Las danzas de la independencia americana en el siglo XIX
(2010) Beatriz Rossells
In the long process of gaining independence of Hispanic Continental America, between 1809 and 1825, marches and battles were not everything. Beatriz Rossells, a Bolivian anthropologist, describes in this article the dances of independence organized for San Martin, Bolivar, Sucre and other leaders in the cities they liberated, representative of the larger American homeland for which they were fighting.
Procesos históricos de conformación urbana a través del carnaval de La Paz y la fiesta del Gran Poder
(Universidad Católica Boliviana San Pablo, 2019) Beatriz Rossells
In the first decade of the twentieth century, the carnival groups of the elite went on the streets in a parade or procession model that has not completely left the colonial and persists until the twenty-first century. On the other hand, the entrance of the festival of Gran Poder to the city also faced several difficulties to leave a neighborhood to the urban center in the first part of the twentieth century, but once this objective was met, its development in Much of the city was spectacular. Times and social conditions had changed. In this article, we present a characterization of these transformations that allow us to understand the urban dynamics of La Paz, through two of its main popular festivals.
TRANSFORMACIONES DEL IMAGINARIO SOCIAL EN LOS CARNAVALES DE BOLIVIA
(Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, 2011) Beatriz Rossells
This article presents a comparative analysis between the beginning of carnivals in the colonial societies of the Luso-Hispanic America and its subsequent transformation, between the end of the 19 C and 20 C, in expressions which differ radically from each other and that, unquestionably, had the strength to self-convert into fundamental parts of the identity of each region and its social imaginary. This article analyses the diversification of the Carnivals of Sucre, Potosi, Oruro and La Paz.