Living Shrines: Home Altars of New Mexico: Home Altars of New Mexico

by Marie Romero Cash and Lucy R. Lippard

Book Overview

The tradition of home shrines first began evolving in the American Southwest during the Mexican colonial period, when priests often traveled to homes to perform mass, novenas, baptisms, and marriages, a practice that continues today. This colorful book features the personal altars of mostly Hispanic families living in the towns and villages of northern New Mexico. Most are devoutly Catholic, and although Roman Catholic dogma does not officially...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0890133700
• ISBN13: 9780890133705
• Release Date: October 1998
• Publisher: Museum of New Mexico Press
• Length: 124 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 9.0" x 9.0"