Title Searching for Madre Matiana : prophecy and popular culture in modern Mexico / Edward Wright-Rios

Edition First [edition] Published Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2014

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 390 pages .) Series Diálogos series Diálogos (Albuquerque, N.M.) Contents Part I: A National Seer -- Mystical Matters, Mystical Madres: The Legacy of Female Piety in Mexico -- The Protagonists of Print -- Of Almanacs and Magic Lanterns -- Nuestra vidente: Mexico's Messenger of Catholic Resurgence -- Part II: Fitting Fanáticas -- Eso no tiene madre: Satire and Seer in Revolutionary Mexico -- Picturing the Prophetess: Lola Álvarez Bravo's Madre Matiana -- A Disjointed Modernity: Madre Matiana and the Writings of Agustín Yáñez -- Conclusion: Mexico's Matianas Summary "In the mid-nineteenth century prophetic visions attributed to a woman named Madre Matiana roiled Mexican society. Pamphlets of the time proclaimed that decades earlier a humble laywoman foresaw the nation's calamitous destiny--foreign invasion, widespread misery, and chronic civil strife. The revelations, however, pinpointed the cause of Mexico's struggles: God was punishing the nation for embracing blasphemous secularism. Responses ranged from pious alarm to incredulous scorn. Although most likely a fiction cooked up amid the era's culture wars, Madre Matiana's persona nevertheless endured. In fact, her predictions remained influential well into the twentieth century as society debated the nature of popular culture, the crux of modern nationhood, and the role of women, especially religious women. Here Edward Wright-Rios examines this much-maligned--and sometimes celebrated--character and her position in the development of a nation Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Matiana, Madre -- Prophecies SUBJECT Matiana, Madre fast Subject Catholic Church -- Mexico -- History Catholic Church -- History. SUBJECT Catholic Church fast Subject Women in the Catholic Church -- Mexico -- History RELIGION -- Christianity -- Catholic. Women in the Catholic Church SUBJECT Mexico -- Church history -- 19th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85084545 Mexico -- History -- Prophecies Subject Mexico Genre/Form Church history History Prophecies Form Electronic book ISBN 9780826346605 082634660X

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