Open AccessCantantes Yumanos: mitos, sueños y tradición
Author(s) -
Alejandro A. González Villarruel,
Natalia Gabayet González
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
frontera norte
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0187-7372
DOI - 10.33679/rfn.v1i1.2039
Subject(s) - ethnography , hierarchy , social hierarchy , focus (optics) , identity (music) , sociology , social life , anthropology , aesthetics , social identity theory , humanities , art , social group , social science , political science , law , physics , optics
This article seeks to outline some of the implications of the existence of singers in Yuman culture by examining how they are formed and why it is vital for the community to preserve these traditions. We focus on describing so-called identity creation, social specialization, and the origin of social hierarchy. Likewise, we endeavor to demonstrate the role singers play in their communities through anthropological literature, historical sources, and ethnography, on the basis of which we explored the life stories of three singers.