Home altars of Mexico
/ photographs by Dana Salvo ; volume editor, Ramón A. Gutiérrez ; essays by Ramón A. Gutiérrez, Salvatore Scalora, and William H. Beezley ; afterword by Amalia Mesa-Bains
- 1st edetion
- Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press , c1997
- 138 p. : illus. ; 23 cm.
Preface / Dana Salvo -- Introduction / Ramón A. Gutiérrez -- Conjuring the holy: Mexican domestic altars / Ramón A. Gutiérrez -- Home altars: private reflections of public life / William H. Beezley -- Flowers and sugar skulls for the spirits of the dead / Salvatore Scalora -- Afterword / Amalia Mesa-Bains.
These private shrines not only have profound personal and familial meaning, but they also reflect the vitality of Mexico's spiritual practices.
English.
9780826317858
Household shrines---Mexico Indians of Mexico---Religion Christian shrines---Mexico Altars---Mexico