Espectáculo y religión en la corte novohispana. Fiesta colegial y autos de fe.

Abstract

The complex characteristics of New Spain’s theatricality become forms of hege­monic domination, mainly when in contact with the Church —either in school festivals, or in autos deje. These other forms of New Spain theatricality are genu­ine “representations”, as an image of power and as theatrical entertainment, with their specific theatrical elements: stage, costumes, props, music, action. In this paper, I review several Mexican documents, related to the jesuit school festivals (1600, 1602 and 1640) and autos de Je from 1646 to 1659, from this theatrical perspective.