From Patmos to the barrio :the subversion of imperial myths from the book of Revelation to the present /by David Arthur S{acute}anchez.

Book

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Community of Christ Library

Name/Title

From Patmos to the barrio :the subversion of imperial myths from the book of Revelation to the present /by David Arthur S{acute}anchez.

Description

The Jewish and Christian subversion of the Roman imperial dragon slayer myth -- The seventeenth-century creole subversion of the pre-conquest Spanish Guadalupe myth -- The twentieth-century Chicana/o movement's subversion of the United States' myth of manifest destiny -- Postcolonial analysis and conclusion. xi, 209 p. :ill., (mostly col.) ;22 cm.

Book Details

Author

S{acute}anchez, David Arthur

Place Published

City

Minneapolis, MN

Date Published

circa 2008

Publication Subjects

Bible.--Revelation, XII--Criticism, interpretation, etc. Bible.--Revelation, XII--Postcolonial criticism. Hispanic American theology.

Call No.

BS2825.52 .S26 2008

ISBN

9780800662608 (alk. paper), 0800662601 (alk. paper), 0800662598 (pbk.), 9780800662592 (pbk.)

LCCN

2007048214

Notes

Bibliography Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 182-204) and index.