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Searching for Madre Matiana : Prophecy and Popular Culture in Modern Mexico.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Diálogos SeriesPublisher: Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2014Copyright date: ©2014Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (407 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780826346605
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Searching for Madre MatianaDDC classification:
  • 282/.72
LOC classification:
  • BX1428.3 .S75 2014
Online resources:
Contents:
Front Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- PART I: A National Seer -- 1: Mystical Matters, Mystical Madres: The Legacy of Female Piety in Mexico -- 2: The Protagonists of Print -- 3: Of Almanacs and Magic Lanterns -- 4: Nuestra vidente: Mexico's Messenger of Catholic Resurgence -- PART II: Fitting Fanáticas -- 5: Eso no tiene madre: Satire and Seer in Revolutionary Mexico -- 6: Picturing the Prophetess: Lola Álvarez Bravo's Madre Matiana -- 7: A Disjointed Modernity: Madre Matiana and the Writings of Agustín Yáñez -- Conclusion: Mexico's Matianas -- Appendix: The Prophecies of Matiana -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Back Cover.
Summary: Edward Wright-Rios examines the much-maligned--and sometimes celebrated--character of Madre Matiana and her position in the development of Mexico.
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Front Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- PART I: A National Seer -- 1: Mystical Matters, Mystical Madres: The Legacy of Female Piety in Mexico -- 2: The Protagonists of Print -- 3: Of Almanacs and Magic Lanterns -- 4: Nuestra vidente: Mexico's Messenger of Catholic Resurgence -- PART II: Fitting Fanáticas -- 5: Eso no tiene madre: Satire and Seer in Revolutionary Mexico -- 6: Picturing the Prophetess: Lola Álvarez Bravo's Madre Matiana -- 7: A Disjointed Modernity: Madre Matiana and the Writings of Agustín Yáñez -- Conclusion: Mexico's Matianas -- Appendix: The Prophecies of Matiana -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Back Cover.

Edward Wright-Rios examines the much-maligned--and sometimes celebrated--character of Madre Matiana and her position in the development of Mexico.

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