Mother figured
Subtitle: Marian apparitions and the making of a Filipino universal
By: Deirdre de la Cruz
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 302
ISBN-13: 9780226314914; 9780226314884
Subjects: Devotion to; Apparitions and miracles
Description: Deirdre de la Cruz offers a detailed examination of several appearances and miracles of the Virgin Mary in the Philippines from materials and sites ranging from the mid-19th century to the present. By analysing the effects of the mass media on the perception and proliferation of apparition phenomena, she charts the intriguing emergence of new voices in the Philippines that are broadcasting Marian discourse globally. Based on two years of ethnographic fieldwork and hitherto unexplored archives in the Philippines, the US and Spain, she documents the conditions surrounding Marian devotion's modern development and tracks how it has transformed Filipinos' social and political role within the greater Catholic world.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-289) and index.
Table of contents: title: Images : the authority of appearances; title: First Filipino apparition; title: Visions : Mary, mediatrix; title: Petals for the public; title: Mass movements : of crusaders and crowds; title: Coincidence and consequence.