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Mother Figured
Deirdre de La Cruz
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Description for Mother Figured
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMP; HRC; JFSL3; JFSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 230 x 29. Weight in Grams: 438.
There is no female religious figure so widely known and revered as the Virgin Mary. Throughout history, Mary has inspired in a multitude of cultures around the world a deep affection, a desire to emulate her virtue, and a strong belief in the power of her apparitions and miracles. Perhaps no population has been so deeply affected by this maternal figure as Filipino Catholics, whose apparitions of Mary have increasingly emerged and responded to recent events, drawing from a broad repertoire of the Catholic supernatural as they draw media attention to the global south. In Mother Figured, historical anthropologist Deirdre ... Read more
There is no female religious figure so widely known and revered as the Virgin Mary. Throughout history, Mary has inspired in a multitude of cultures around the world a deep affection, a desire to emulate her virtue, and a strong belief in the power of her apparitions and miracles. Perhaps no population has been so deeply affected by this maternal figure as Filipino Catholics, whose apparitions of Mary have increasingly emerged and responded to recent events, drawing from a broad repertoire of the Catholic supernatural as they draw media attention to the global south. In Mother Figured, historical anthropologist Deirdre ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226314914
SKU
V9780226314914
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About Deirdre de La Cruz
Deirdre de la Cruz is assistant professor of Southeast Asian studies and history at the University of Michigan.
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