Creating the cult of St. Joseph : art and gender in the Spanish Empire / Charlene Villaseñor Black.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Villaseñor Black, Charlene, 1962- author.

Contributor:

Princeton University Press, publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Art, Spanish colonial--Mexico--Themes, motives.

Art, Spanish colonial.

Art, Spanish--Themes, motives.

Art, Spanish.

Masculinity in art.

Saints in art.

Sex role in art.

Cults.

International relations.

Mexico--Relations--Spain.

Mexico.

Spain--Relations--Mexico.

Spain.

Joseph, Saint--Art.

Joseph.

Joseph, Saint--Cult--Mexico.

Joseph, Saint--Cult--Spain.

Joseph, Saint.

Genre:

Art.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (259 pages, 8 pages of plates) : 92 illustrations (some color)

Other Title:

Creating the cult of Saint Joseph : art and gender in the Spanish Empire

Art and gender in the Spanish Empire

Place of Publication:

Princeton: Princeton University Press, [2006]

Summary:

"St. Joseph is mentioned only eight times in the New Testament Gospels. Prior to the late medieval period, Church doctrine rarely noticed him except in passing. But in 1555 this humble carpenter, earthly spouse of the Virgin Mary and foster father of Jesus, was made patron of the Conquest and conversion in Mexico. In 1672, King Charles II of Spain named St. Joseph patron of his kingdom.... Focusing on the changing manifestations of Holy Family and St. Joseph imagery in Spain and colonial Mexico from the sixteenth through eighteenth centuries, this book examines the genesis of a new saint's cult after centuries of obscurity. In so doing, it elucidates the role of the visual arts in creating gender discourses and deploying them in conquest, conversion, and colonization. Charlene Villasenor Black examines numerous images and hundreds of primary sources in Spanish, Latin, Nahuatl, and Otomi. She finds that St. Joseph was not only the most frequently represented saint in Spanish Golden Age and Mexican colonial art, but also the most important. In Spain, St. Joseph was celebrated as a national icon and emblem of masculine authority in a society plagued by crisis and social disorder. In the Americas, the parental figure of the saint-- model father, caring spouse, hardworking provider-- became the perfect paradigm of Spanish colonial power"--Publisher's description.

Contents:

Creating the cult of St. Joseph

Love and marriage

Happy families

Mothering fathers

Men at work

The good death

Epilogue.

Notes:

Description based on print record and online resource (A&AePortal, viewed on March 6, 2022).

Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-248) and index.

ISBN:

9780300266344

0300266340

OCLC:

1302112306