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....
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Albuquerque :
University of New Mexico Press,
2014.
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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.