Miraculous Images and Votive Offerings in Mexico

by Frank Graziano

Mexican statues and paintings like the Virgen de Guadalupe and the Se?or de Chalma are endowed with sacred presence and the power to perform miracles. Millions of devotees visit their shrines to request miracles for health, employment, children, and countless everyday matters. When miracles are granted, devotees reciprocate with votive offerings. Collages, photographs, documents, texts, milagritos, hair and braids, clothing, retablos, and various...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199790868
• ISBN13: 9780199790869
• Release Date: December 2015
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.37 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.3"