Miracles on the Border: Retablos of Mexican Migrants to the United States [Hardcover]

Jorge Durand (Author), Douglas S. Massey (Author)

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Publication Date: March 1, 1995

This vivid study, richly illustrated with forty color photographs, offers a multilayered analysis of retablos—folk images painted on tin that are offered as votives of thanks for a miracle granted or a favor bestowed—created by Mexican migrants to the United States. Durand and Massey analyze 124 contemporary retablo texts, scrutinizing the shifting subjects and themes that constitute a running record of the migrant's unique experience. The result is a vivid work of synthesis that connects the history of an art form and a people, links two very different cultures, and allows a deeper understanding of a major twentieth-century theme—the drama of transnational migration.

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This vivid study, richly illustrated with forty color photographs, offers a multilayered analysis of retablos—folk images painted on tin that are offered as votives of thanks for a miracle granted or a favor bestowed—created by Mexican migrants to the United States. Durand and Massey analyze 124 contemporary retablo texts, scrutinizing the shifting subjects and themes that constitute a running record of the migrant's unique experience. The result is a vivid work of synthesis that connects the history of an art form and a people, links two very different cultures, and allows a deeper understanding of a major twentieth-century theme—the drama of transnational migration.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 216 pages
• Publisher: University of Arizona Press (March 1, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0816514712
• ISBN-13: 978-0816514717
• Product Dimensions: 216 x 9 x 7.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,356,189 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)