The Latino Christ in Art, Literature, and Liberation Theology (Querencias Series)

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This exploration of Iberian, Latin American, and US-Hispanic representations of Christ makes a speciality of outliers in art, literature, and theology: Spanish painter Salvador Dalí, Mexican muralist José Clemente Orozco, Argentine creator Jorge Luis Borges, Spanish existentialist Miguel de Unamuno, Brazilian theologian Leonardo Boff, and Mexican philosopher José Vasconcelos, one of the most most brilliant stars within the Spanish and Latin American firmament. Their work, and that of others, stands out from the conventional and the normal, stretching our imagination by opening our eyes to what we don’t need to see.

The creator also reflects on such significant lesser-known writers as New Mexican creator, painter, and priest Fray Angélico Chávez; Argentine creator and political leader Ricardo Rojas, creator of The Invisible Christ; Mexican American theologian Virgilio Elizondo; and Chicana feminist Gloria Anzaldúa, creator of Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza. He shows how artists project their concerns onto representations of Christ and how the perceptions of the reader and viewer reflect their culture and their psychology. Along the way in which, Candelaria explores the philosophical issues of representation in aesthetics and the issues of hermeneutics and identity.

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