Mary's rain and god's umbrella: religion, identity, and modernity in the visionary art of a chicana painter

Tweed, Thomas A.

doi:10.2752/175183410x12862096296766

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“…The embodied Mary will be present in a thousand local forms, as well as bridge these particularities. Plurality, characteristic of the modern world, offers multiple identities for all individuals as well as possibilities for contesting norms in the ways that Mumreke and Melissa do (Bhabha 1994;Tweed 2010). Apparitions serve as obvious points at which to view plural identities because devotions ultimately illustrate how people use Mary as they navigate multiple and hybrid identities in a globalizing world.…”

Section: Boundaries Both Reified and Bridgedmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Body of Mary: Embodiment and Identity in Modern Apparitions

Krebs¹

2017

Religion and Gender

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In modern Marian apparitions, Mary’s material presence is evoked for believers, who negotiate religious and other identities around her maternal figure. My contention, drawing from material theories of religion and postcolonial theories, and based on ethnographic fieldwork at one apparition site in addition to social scientific literature, is that Roman Catholic devotees of Mary negotiate identities along three trajectories. First, apparitions offer sites for individuals to articulate ethnic and national identities through devotional practices. Second, individuals bring apparitional messages and interpretations to bear on contemporary political concerns. Finally, sites afford opportunities for devotees to foster relationships with Mary as agent. Material and postcolonial theories illustrate how embodiment and presence inform devotees’ identities as children of Mary.

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Section: Boundaries Both Reified and Bridgedmentioning

confidence: 99%