From Patmos to the Barrio

by Sanchez, David A.

• ISBN13: 9780800662608
• ISBN10: 0800662601
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-08-01
• Publisher: Fortress Pr

Summary

Sanchez's subject is the power of imperial myths ? and the subversive power unleashed when resistance movements take over those myths for their own purposes. Moving from John of Patmos's inversion of Roman imperial mythology in Revelation 12 to the indigenous appropriation of Spanish symbolism and mythology, in seventeenth-century Mexico, Sanchez then explores the continuing power of the Virgin of Guadalupe (La Guadalupana) to inspire movements for a better society in our own day.From Patmos to the Barrio reveals new insights into the biblical Apocalypse of John, and the enduring power of its legacy down to the present day, and includes contemporary translations of two important 17th century documents concerning La Guadalupana: Luis Laso de la Vega's Huei tlamahuicoltica and Miguel Sanchez's Imagen de la Virgen Maria. Also included are images of La Guadalupana in the murals of East Los Angeles.

Author Biography

David A. Sanchez is Assistant Professor of New Testament at Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
Subverting an Imperial Myth in First-Century Asia Minor: The Dragon Slayer	p. 13
Subverting a Conquista Myth in Seventeenth-Century Mexico: The Virgin of Guadalupe	p. 47
Subverting Millennial Myths Today: Manifest Destiny and El Plan Espiritual de Aztlan	p. 83
Conclusion	p. 115
Texts of the Guadalupe Tradition	p. 127
El Plan Espiritual de Aztlan	p. 129
The Virgin of Guadalupe in the Murals of East Los Angeles	p. 133
Abbreviations	p. 157
Notes	p. 159
Bibliography	p. 182
Index	p. 205
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