Miracles on the Border

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Miracles on the Border
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Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Total Pages : 235
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ISBN-10 : 9780816541539
ISBN-13 : 0816541531
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Book Synopsis Miracles on the Border by : Jorge Durand

Book excerpt: 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.


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