Uncovering the Virgen del Panecillo : Quito's postcolonial urban transformations / María Célleri.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Célleri, María, author.

Series:

Dissident feminisms

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint--Shrines--Ecuador--Quito.

Mary.

Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint--Devotion to--Ecuador--Quito.

Monuments--Social aspects--Ecuador--Quito.

Monuments.

Postcolonialism--Ecuador--Quito.

Postcolonialism.

Quito (Ecuador)--History.

Quito (Ecuador).

Ecuador--Quito.

Ecuador.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2026]

Summary:

"Taller than the Rio de Janeiro’s Christ the Redeemer statue, the Virgen del Panecillo draws visitors to the center of Quito, Ecuador, to take advantage of the site’s unique view of the city. But few know the history behind El Panecillo or the monument.María Célleri examines the eighty-year effort to complete Quito’s soaring monument to the Virgin Mary. Focusing on the negotiations behind the project, Célleri uncovers the links between the government and Church—links that became stronger during moments of political and economic transition. Célleri also investigates how the city’s residents and activists, and artists like filmmakers, graffiti artists, and photographers, interact with the monument. Throughout, she looks at questions like the Virgen del Panecillo’s service to Ecuador as a form of cultural capital, the Virgen’s symbolic meanings to different groups, and the often-hidden connections between colonialism, Catholicism, and artistic production.Original and multifaceted, iUncovering the Virgen del Panecillo/i provides readers with a rigorous decolonial analysis of an iconic monument and its history."-- From JSTOR.

Contents:

The Virgen del Panecillo is born: state and church investments in religious monuments

“Por dentro no tiene nada. Es una virgen hueca”: nationalistic tropes of proper womanhood

From La Virgen del Panecillo to La Virgen del Legrado: transnational feminist struggles for reproductive rights in the Andes

Imagining decolonial feminist utopias: the role of speculative fiction in challenging failed leftist states

Epilogue: decolonizing the Panecillo—keeping traditions alive on Shungoloma as acts of rejuvenation.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (JSTOR, viewed June 9, 2026).

Other Format:

Print version: Célleri, María. Uncovering the Virgen del Panecillo.

ISBN:

9780252048968

0252048962

OCLC:

1591606462

Publisher Number:

CIPO000376700

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license