Miracles on the Border
Retablos of Mexican Migrants to the United States
This vivid study, richly illustrated with forty color photographs, offers a multilayered analysis of retablos--folk images painted on tin that are offered as votives of thanks for a miracle granted or a favor bestowed--created by Mexican migrants to the United States. Durand and Massey analyze 124 contemporary retablo texts, scrutinizing the shifting subjects and themes that constitute a running record of the migrant's unique experience. The result is a vivid work of synthesis that connects the history of an art form and a people, links two very different cultures, and allows a deeper understanding of a major twentieth-century theme--the dram…
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Weitere Autoren: Massey, Douglas S.
- ISBN: 978-0-8165-1497-7
- EAN: 9780816514977
- Produktnummer: 9343073
- Verlag: University of Arizona Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 1995
- Seitenangabe: 216 S.
- Masse: H22.9 cm x B19.8 cm x D2.4 cm 898 g
- Gewicht: 898
- Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)
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