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Searching for Madre Matiana : prophecy and popular culture in modern Mexico /

"In the mid-nineteenth century prophetic visions attributed to a woman named Madre Matiana roiled Mexican society. Pamphlets of the time proclaimed that decades earlier a humble laywoman foresaw the nation's calamitous destiny--foreign invasion, widespread misery, and chronic civil strife....

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wright-Rios, Edward N. (Edward Newport), 1965- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2014.
Edición:First [edition].
Colección:Diálogos (Albuquerque, N.M.)
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part I: A National Seer
  • Mystical Matters, Mystical Madres: The Legacy of Female Piety in Mexico
  • The Protagonists of Print
  • Of Almanacs and Magic Lanterns
  • Nuestra vidente: Mexico's Messenger of Catholic Resurgence
  • Part II: Fitting Fanáticas
  • Eso no tiene madre: Satire and Seer in Revolutionary Mexico
  • Picturing the Prophetess: Lola Álvarez Bravo's Madre Matiana
  • A Disjointed Modernity: Madre Matiana and the Writings of Agustín Yáñez
  • Conclusion: Mexico's Matianas.