Research Catalog

Title

Sacred feminine : sacred images of the Southwest & the development of the feminine principles in New Mexican folkloric art = Las imagenes sagradas del suroeste - el desarrollo del principio feminino en el arte folklorico de Nuevo Mejico / by Judith McLaughlin.

Author

McLaughlin, Judith (Judith M.), 1951-

Publication

Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, N.M. : Rio Grande Books, 2009.

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Details

Description

207 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Summary

"Sacred Feminine examines the role that culture, religion, sociology, art and gender played in the development of the religious santero art, in particular, the images of women."--Jacket.

Alternative Title

• Sacred images of the Southwest
• Imagenes sagradas del Suroeste

Subject

• Santos (Art) > New Mexico
• Women saints in art
• Santos (Art)
• New Mexico

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-201) and index.

Contents

The history of New Mexico; heritage of the Iberian Peninsula -- The Catholic church in isolation -- Santeros and the images of the feminine in New Mexican religious art -- The Catholic church and the origins of Christian ritual, art and liturgy -- Icons and iconology -- Miriam of Nazaeth the Mother of Jesus -- Mary as cult figure -- The counter refermation and its impact upon emerging Catholocism in the New World -- Queen Isabella of Castile 1451-1504 -- Women in New Mexico history -- Gender roles: Machismo and Marianisimo in the Spanish New World -- Conclusion -- Key concepts -- Timeline -- Appendis A: Virgin Mary -- Appendix B: Female saints.

ISBN

• 9781890689520
• 1890689521
• 9781890689278
• 1890689270

LCCN

2009017704

OCLC

• ocn320352396
• 320352396
• SCSB-1527457

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library