Crossing borders with the Santo Niño de Atocha
By: Juan Javier Pescador.
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Albuquerque
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780826347091
Subjects: Mary, -- Blessed Virgin, Saint -- Devotion to -- Spain -- Castile -- 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; Southwest, New -- Religious life and customs
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Sandals in the desert; title: Drafting the Virgin : the cult of Our Lady of Atocha in imperial Spain, 1523-1700; title: Plateros : a shrine on the Camino Real de Tierra Adentro, 1704-1848; title: A saint for the borderlands, 1848-1880; title: Peregrinos del Norte; title: Epilogue: Saint making in global villages.