Download or read book The Black Christ of Esquipulas written by Douglass Sullivan-González and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the eastern border of Guatemala and Honduras, pilgrims and travelers flock to the Black Christ of Esquipulas, a large statue carved from wood depicting Christ on the cross. The Catholic shrine, built in the late sixteenth century, has become the focal point of admiration and adoration from New Mexico to Panama. Beyond being a site of popular devotion, however, the Black Christ of Esquipulas was also the scene of important debates about citizenship and identity in the Guatemalan nation throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. In The Black Christ of Esquipulas, Douglass Sullivan-González explores the multifaceted appeal of this famous shrine, its mysterious changes in color over the centuries, and its deeper significance in the spiritual and political lives of Guatemalans. Reconstructed from letters buried within the restricted Catholic Church archive in Guatemala City, the debates surrounding the shrine reflect the shifting categories of race and ethnicity throughout the course of the country's political trajectory. This "biography" of the Black Christ of Esquipulas serves as an alternative history of Guatemala and sheds light on some of the most salient themes in Guatemala's social and political history: state formation, interethnic dynamics, and church-state tensions. Sullivan-González's study provides a holistic understanding of the relevance of faith and ritual to the social and political history of this influential region.
Download or read book Theater of a Thousand Wonders written by William B. Taylor and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2016-10-03 with total page 681 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first comprehensive historical study of the images and shrines of New Spain, rich in stories and patterns of change over time.
Download or read book Colonial Central America written by and published by Arizona State University, Center for Latin American Studies. This book was released on 1977 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bibliografía anotada de fuentes básicas y secundarias de información sobre la civilización del antiguo Reino de Guatemala de la época española colonial. Incluye un catálogo de documentos que custodia el Archivo General del Gobierno en Guatemala.
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Download or read book Novena a la dulcisima sangre de nuestro redentor Jesu Christo Dispuesto por un religioso Reimpresa written by NOVENA. and published by . This book was released on 1795 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
