The stranger, the tears, the photograph, the touch : divine presence in Spain and Europe since 1500 /

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This book is an expanded, larger-format, and more highly illustrated version of a smaller book released by CEU Press in 2011. It presents and comments on an extensive set of religious and personal photographs and illustrations that depict people along with divine beings or absent loved ones. First,...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Christian, William A., 1944- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York, NY : Central European University Press, 2017.
Subjects:
Spirituality > Spain.
Spirituality > Europe, Western.
Spiritualité > Espagne.
Spiritualité > Europe de l'Ouest.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural
Spirituality
Spain > Church history.
Europe, Western > Church history.
Espagne > Histoire religieuse.
Europe de l'Ouest > Histoire religieuse.
Western Europe
Spain
20th century, Art History, Cultural studies, Europe, Myths, Photography, Religion, Spain.
Church history
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Table of Contents
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1 Toribia del Val and the Mysterious Wayfarer of Casas de Benítez
  • Chapter 2 Images as Beings Blood, Sweat, and Tears
  • Chapter 3 Presence, Absence, and the Supernatural in Postcard and Family Photographs, Europe, 1895-1920
  • Chapter 4 Juxtapositions: Saints, Humans, Animals in Spanish Fiestas, with Photographs by Cristina García Rodero
  • Summing Up
  • Acknowledgments
  • List of Figures
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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