Mary, Mother and Warrior: The Virgin in Spain and the Americas / Edition 1

by Linda B. Hall

Overview

A Mother who nurtures, empathizes, and heals... a Warrior who defends, empowers, and resists oppression... the Virgin Mary plays many roles for the peoples of Spain and Spanish-speaking America. Devotion to the Virgin inspired and sustained medieval and Renaissance Spaniards as they liberated Spain from the Moors and set about the conquest of the New World. Devotion to the Virgin still inspires and sustains millions of believers today throughout the Americas.

This wide-ranging and highly readable book explores the veneration of the Virgin Mary in Spain and the Americas from the colonial period to the present. Linda Hall begins the story in Spain and follows it through the conquest and colonization of the New World, with a special focus on Mexico and the Andean highlands in Peru and Bolivia, where Marian devotion became combined with indigenous beliefs and rituals. Moving into the nineteenth century, Hall looks at national cults of the Virgin in Mexico, Bolivia, and Argentina, which were tied to independence movements. In the twentieth century, she examines how Eva Perón linked herself with Mary in the popular imagination; visits contemporary festivals with significant Marian content in Spain, Peru, and Mexico; and considers how Latinos/as in the United States draw on Marian devotion to maintain familial and cultural ties.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780292705951
Publisher:	University of Texas Press
Publication date:	11/01/2004
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	382
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

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

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

What People are Saying About This

Luis Martín

. . 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.

Editorial Reviews

The book is an impressive and very welcome contribution to the history of Marian devotion and, more broadly, of religious culture in the Hispanic World.

Journal of Latin American Studies

Linda Hall presents an outstanding comparative work on Spanish and American devotion to Mary.  She skillfully handles a diversity of Marian imagery, moving with ease from one instance to the next, describing the theological, dogmatic, and even regional differences of each cult.... The book makes for a valuable and fascinating read.

Theological Studies

In a brief review it is difficult to do justice to the richness of this book and its insights.  It is well researched, well written, and enhanced by illustrations that truly support the text.

The Americas

In a brief review it is difficult to do justice to the richness of this book and its insights. It is well researched, well written, and enhanced by illustrations that truly support the text.-- "The Americas" (1/1/2006 12:00:00 AM)

Linda Hall presents an outstanding comparative work on Spanish and American devotion to Mary. She skillfully handles a diversity of Marian imagery, moving with ease from one instance to the next, describing the theological, dogmatic, and even regional differences of each cult.... The book makes for a valuable and fascinating read.-- "Theological Studies" (5/1/2006 12:00:00 AM)

The book is an impressive and very welcome contribution to the history of Marian devotion and, more broadly, of religious culture in the Hispanic World.-- "Journal of Latin American Studies" (11/1/2005 12:00:00 AM)

From the Publisher

Linda Hall presents an outstanding comparative work on Spanish and American devotion to Mary. She skillfully handles a diversity of Marian imagery, moving with ease from one instance to the next, describing the theological, dogmatic, and even regional differences of each cult.... The book makes for a valuable and fascinating read.

Theological Studies - Sr. Teresa Maya

The book is an impressive and very welcome contribution to the history of Marian devotion and, more broadly, of religious culture in the Hispanic World.

Journal of Latin American Studies - Andrew Redden

In a brief review it is difficult to do justice to the richness of this book and its insights. It is well researched, well written, and enhanced by illustrations that truly support the text.

The Americas - Stafford Poole