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A Mother who nurtures, empathizes, and heals . . . a Warrior who defends, empowers, and resists oppression. . . the Virgin Mary plays many roles for the peoples of Spain and Spanish-speaking America. Devotion to the Virgin inspired and sustained medieval and Renaissance Spaniards as they liberated Spain from the Moors and set about the conquest of the New World. Devotion to the Virgin still inspires and sustains millions of believers today throughout the Americas. This wide-ranging and highly readable book explores the veneration of the Virgin Mary in Spain and the Americas from the colonial period to the present. Linda Hall begins the story in Spain and follows it through the conquest and colonization of the New World, with a special focus on Mexico and the Andean highlands in Peru and Bolivia, where Marian devotion became combined with indigenous beliefs and rituals. Moving into the nineteenth century, Hall looks at national cults of the Virgin in Mexico, Bolivia, and Argentina, which were tied to independence movements. In the twentieth century, she examines how Eva PerĂ³n linked herself with Mary in the popular imagination; visits contemporary festivals with significant Marian content in Spain, Peru, and Mexico; and considers how Latinos/as in the United States draw on Marian devotion to maintain familial and cultural ties.

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  1. Cover
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  1. Mary, Mother, and Warrior
  2. pp. i-vi
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  1. Contents
  2. pp. vii-viii
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  1. A Note onTranslation and Orthography
  2. pp. ix-x
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  1. Acknowledgments
  2. pp. xi-xvi
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  1. chapter one
  2. pp. 1-16
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  1. chapter two
  2. pp. 17-44
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  1. chapter three
  2. pp. 45-80
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  1. chapter four
  2. pp. 81-106
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  1. chapter five
  2. pp. 107-136
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  1. chapter six
  2. pp. 137-168
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  1. chapter seven
  2. pp. 169-206
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  1. chapter eight
  2. pp. 207-242
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  1. chapter nine
  2. pp. 243-272
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  1. chapter ten
  2. pp. 273-290
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  1. chapter eleven
  2. pp. 291-300
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  1. Notes
  2. pp. 301-336
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  1. Glossary
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  1. Bibliography of Works Cited
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  1. Index
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