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portada Saints, Statues, and Stories: A Folklorist Looks at the Religious art of Sonora (Southwest Center Series)
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English
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Hardcover
ISBN13
9780816539611

Saints, Statues, and Stories: A Folklorist Looks at the Religious art of Sonora (Southwest Center Series)

James S. Griffith (Author) · Univ Of Arizona Pr · Hardcover

Saints, Statues, and Stories: A Folklorist Looks at the Religious art of Sonora (Southwest Center Series) - James S. Griffith

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Synopsis "Saints, Statues, and Stories: A Folklorist Looks at the Religious art of Sonora (Southwest Center Series)"

. . . we move to the town of Aconchi on the Río Sonora, where the mission church once contained a life-sized crucifix with a black corpus, known both as Nuestro Señor de Esquipulas . . . and El Cristo Negro de Aconchi . . . So describes well-known and beloved folklorist James S. Griffith as he takes us back through the decades to a town in northern Sonora where a statue is saved--and in so doing, a community is saved as well. In Saints, Statues, and Stories Griffith shares stories of nearly sixty years of traveling through Sonora. As we have come to expect through these journeys, "Big Jim"--as he is affectionately known by many--offers nothing less than the living traditions of Catholic communities. Themes of saints as agents of protection or community action are common throughout Sonora: a saint coming out of the church to protect the village, a statue having a say in where it resides and paying social calls to other communities, or a beloved image rescued from destruction and then revered on a private altar. A patron saint saves a village from outside attackers in one story--a story that has at least ten parallels in Sonora's former mission communities. Details may vary, but the general narrative remains the same: when hostile nonbelievers attack the village, the patron saint of the church foils them. Griffith uncovers the meanings behind the devotional uses of religious art from a variety of perspectives--from artist to audience, preservationist to community member. The religious artworks transcend art objects, Griffith believes, and function as ways of communicating between this world and the next. Setting the stage with a brief geography, Griffith introduces us to roadside shrines, artists, fiestas, saints, and miracles. Full-color images add to the pleasure of this delightful journey through the churches and towns of Sonora.

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