ETST 012 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Mediatrix, Turistas, Huitzilopochtli
23 Jul 2018
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Etst 012 lecture 17: pilgrimage, transnational migrations, and religion. Lecture 1. 4: mexican catholicism and our lady of guadalupe. The virgin mary is one of the most hybridized symbols of catholicism in the. Appears throughout history as an apparition: usually to the disenfranchised and poor, and sometimes children. In the 1500s, the virgin mary was appearing to the devout frequently in spain. The virgin mary symbolizes a unification and an amalgamation of indigenous beliefs and that of the catholic church. The apparition of our lady of guadalupe created a symbol that enabled indigenous peoples to create space and find an identity within spanish. She is a symbol of devotion, a compassionate mother, a protectress, and an earth mother who is symbolic of the land and the nation. There are many markers of hybridity in the physical image of our lady of guadalupe. Sun"s rays emanating from her: imply that the sun god worshipped by aztecs,
