Crossing borders with the Santo Niño de Atocha / Juan Javier Pescador.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pescador, Juan Javier
Language:English
Published: Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2009.
Subjects:
Mary, > Blessed Virgin, Saint > Devotion to > Spain > Castile > History.
Atocha, Santo Niño de > Cult > History.
Holy Childhood, Devotion to > Mexico, North > History.
Holy Childhood, Devotion to > Chihuahua Trail Region > History.
Holy Childhood, Devotion to > Southwest, New > History.
Christian patron saints > Mexico, North > History.
Christian patron saints > Chihuahua Trail Region > History.
Christian patron saints > Southwest, New > History.
Mexico, North > Religious life and customs.
Chihuahua Trail Region > Religious life and customs.
New Southwest > Religious life and customs.
Local Note:
MSU Stanley C. and Selma D. Hollander Faculty Book Collection.
Physical Description:xxiv, 256 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction: sandals in the desert
  • Drafting the Virgin : the cult of Our Lady of Atocha in Imperial Spain, 1523-1700
  • Plateros : a shrine on the Camino Real de Tierra Adentro, 1704-1848
  • A saint for the borderlands, 1848-1880
  • Peregrinos del Norte
  • Epilogue: saint making in global villages.