Table of Contents

• A Note on Translation and Orthography
• Acknowledgments
• Chapter I. Introduction
• Chapter II. The Spanish Reverence
• Chapter III. Discoverers, Conquerors, and Mary
• Chapter IV. Our Lady in Mexico: Catechisms, Confessions, Dramas, and Visions
• Chapter V. Mexico: Images, Fiestas, Miracles, and Apparitions
• Chapter VI. The Andean Virgin
• Chapter VII. The Virgin as National Symbol: The Cases of Bolivia, Mexico, and Argentina
• Chapter VIII. Evita and María: Religious Reverence and Political Resonance in Argentina
• Chapter IX. Marian Celebrations at the Turn of the Millennium
• Chapter X. Mary Moves North: Aspects of National Identity and Cultural Dissemination
• Chapter XI. Conclusion
• Notes
• Glossary
• Bibliography of Works Cited
• Index

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A wide-ranging and highly readable exploration of the veneration of the Virgin Mary in Spain and the Americas from the colonial period to the present

About the Author

Linda B. Hall is Distinguished Professor of History at the University of New Mexico.

Reviews

" ... a magnificent overview of the complex phenomenon of Marianism in the Hispanic World, from the Islamic frontier of medieval Spain to the teeming barrios of the American Southwest." Luis Martin, Kahn Professor Emeritus of History, Southern Methodist University