Posted on Saturday, October 25, 2008 by blogmeridian2
Left: Anonymous, Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe de México, Patrona de la Nueva España. 18th Century. Museo de la Basílica de Guadalupe, Mexico City (Image found here); right: Josefus de Rivera y Argomanis, Verdadero Retrato de Santa Maria Virgen de Guadalupe, Patrona Principal de la Nueva España Jurada en Mexico. 1778. [...]
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Posted on Tuesday, October 14, 2008 by blogmeridian2
Should a culture have a memory faithful to history? What role can/should legend and myth play in such a culture?
These are questions that the post-Encounter culture(s) of the Western Hemisphere must of necessity be concerned with. Over at my other blog I’ve put up a brief post that wonders aloud about these issues. [...]
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