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MIRACLES ON THE BORDER
RETABLOS OF MEXICAN MIGRANTS TO THE UNITED STATES |
| By: |
Jorge Durand, Douglas S. Massey |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£27.95 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0816514976 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780816514977 |
| Publisher: |
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
1 March, 1995 |
| Pages: |
216 |
| Synopsis: |
This vivid study, richly illustrated with forty color photographs, offers a multilayered analysis of retablos folk images painted on tin that are offered as votives of thanks for a miracle granted or a favor bestowed created by Mexican migrants to the United States. Durand and Massey analyze 124 contemporary retablo texts, scrutinizing the shifting subjects and themes that constitute a running record of the migrant's unique experience. The result is a vivid work of synthesis that connects the history of an art form and a people, links two very different cultures, and allows a deeper understanding of a major twentieth-century theme the drama of transnational migration. |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
University of Arizona Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |