Biography of a Mexican Crucifix
Lived Religion and Local Faith from the Conquest to the Present
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 18 February 2010
- ISBN 9780195367065
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages328 pages
- Size 234x156x19 mm
- Weight 640 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 14 black and white halftone illustrations, 5 line illustrations 0
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Long description:
In 1543, in a small village in Mexico, a group of missionary friars received from a mysterious Indian messenger an unusual carved image of Christ crucified. The friars declared it the most poignantly beautiful depiction of Christ's suffering they had ever seen. Known as the Cristo Aparecido (the "Christ Appeared"), it quickly became one of the most celebrated religious images in colonial Mexico. Today, the Cristo Aparecido is among the oldest New World crucifixes and is the beloved patron saint of the Indians of Totolapan.
In Biography of a Mexican Crucifix, Jennifer Scheper Hughes traces popular devotion to the Cristo Aparecido over five centuries of Mexican history. Each chapter investigates a single incident in the encounter between believers and the image. Through these historical vignettes, Hughes explores and reinterprets the conquest of and mission to the Indians; the birth of an indigenous, syncretic Christianity; the violent processes of independence and nationalization; and the utopian vision of liberation theology. Hughes reads all of these through the popular devotion to a crucifix that over the centuries becomes a key protagonist in shaping local history and social identity. This book will be welcomed by scholars and students of religion, Latin American history, anthropology, and theology.
Hughes deftly constructs a convincing and innovative religious history of Mexico told from the perspective of the devotional life of the townspeople...The book is especially great when discussing the aesthetics and emotions associated with Mexican Catholic devotion; indeed, the book significantly contributes to our understanding of Mexican lived religion. Moreover, Hughes' considerable fieldwork adds to her insight and sensitivity into her subjects' experiences. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in material religion as well as religion in Latin America.
Table of Contents:
Contents
Introduction: The Iconography of Suffering
"Christ Appeared": Material Religion and the Conquest of Mexico
Performance and Penance: The Cristo and Christian Evangelization
The Cristo Comes to Life: Lived Religion in Colonial Mexico City
Repatriation: Christ Comes Again to Totolapan
The Red Bishop, the Cristo, and the Aesthetics of Liberation
The Gentle Devotions of a Rebellious People: The Phenomenology of a Santo
: Beauty and Devotion: Fiesta at the Dawn of a New Millennium
Conclusions: The Two Souls of Christ Notes
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