Dancing With Life : Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture : 9781477326688 : 1477326685 : 31 May 2023 : "Dancing with Life contextualizes Mexican masks within the specific dances and social circumstances in which they are used. Most books about Mexican mask and dance traditions, written by authors outside of these communities, have emphasized the supernatural matters with which the danzas engage, while minimizing or ignoring the practical and contemporary social, material, and political issues which masked dancers and mask artists represent and respond to. This catalogue seeks to do things differently-to address the imbalance in how Mexican danzas are routinely portrayed and discuss how contemporary Mexican culture and issues are incorporated into the styling and uses of the masks. Dancing with Life includes contributions from scholars who are members of the Purepecha Indigenous communities, who will share narratives and recollections about family members who work with masks and danzas i