Crossing Borders with the Santo Niño de Atocha

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Crossing Borders with the Santo Niño de Atocha journeys through the genesis, development, and quite a lot of metamorphoses in the veneration of the Holy Child of Atocha, from its origins in Zacatecas in the late colonial period through its different transformations over the centuries, across lands and borders, and to the ultimate rising as a defining religious devotion for the Mexican/Chicano experience in america.

It is a vivid account of the historical origins of the Santo Niño de Atocha and His transformations “In all places He ever walked,” first in the nineteenth century, along the Camino de Tierra Adentro between Zacatecas and New Mexico, to His consolidation as a saint for the Borderlands, and in spite of everything, to His latest metamorphosis as a border-crossing religious symbol for the immigrant experience and the Mexican/Chicano communities in america.

Using all kinds of visual and written materials from archives in Spain, Mexico, and america, together with oral history interviews, participant commentary, photography, popular art, thanksgiving paintings, and private letters addressed to the Holy Child, Juan Javier Pescador presents the fascinating and intimate history of this religious symbol native to the Borderlands, whilst dispelling some myths and inaccurate references. Including narrative vignettes with his own personal experiences and fragments of his family’s interactions with the Holy Child of Atocha, Pescador presents the book “as a thanksgiving testimony of the prominent position the Santo Niño de Atocha has enjoyed in the altarcitos of my family and the dear place He has carved in the hearts of my ancestors.”

Visit the creator’s website at www.pescadorarte.com to learn more and to see images of the Santo Niño de Atocha included in the book.

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