The Fariseos Folk Tradition of San Pedro de la Cueva, Sonora: Morality and Masculinity [Hardcover]

This book provides the first ever in-depth analysis of Fariseos, a folk-Catholic tradition performed during Holy Week in the small town of San Pedro de la Cueva located in the state of Sonora, Mexico.

Utilizing folklore studies and performance theory, Guillermo N??ez Noriega delves deep into the meaning of this rich cultural tradition. Translated into English for the first time, this in-depth study explores the religious and socio-cultural paradoxes and counternarratives surrounding the festivities, with particular emphasis on expressions of masculinity and the community's sense of morality. Through interviews, witness testimony, and sophisticated theoretical framing, this book reveals the complexity behind the scenes of this under studied folk religious tradition.

This book provides an in-depth analysis of the annual Fariseos event that happens in the northern Mexican community of San Pedro de la Cueva during Holy Week.

Guillermo N??ez Noriegais a professor and researcher at the Research Center for Food and Development, A.C.
Norma Elia Cant?is the Norine R. and T. Frank Murchison Distinguished Professor of the Humanities at Trinity University.

N??ez Noriega's study of thefariseostradition insightfully probes how this folkloric expression enacts and rescripts the moral and gender imperatives of a community in Sonora, Mexico, located in the ancestral lands of the Opata. As a collective enactment of catechesis and catharsis, the social drama of thefariseosoffers a critical window to grapple with the ludic, erotic, and irrational dramatization of pleasure, aggression, and transgression. N??ez Noriega masterfully illustrates how such a folk tradition codifies religious, cultural, and political demands while allowing the community to rehearse, experience, and negotiate compulsory performances of masculinity, morality, and sexuality. Manuel R. Cuellar, Associate Professor of Latin American and Latinxls-