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7. The Decolonial Virgin in a Colonial Site: It’s Not about the Gender in My Nation, It’s about the Nation in My Gender
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- CONTENTS vii
- List of Images ix
- Acknowledgments xi
- 0. Our Lady of Controversy: A Subject That Needs No Introduction 1
- 1. The Artist of Our Lady (April 2, 2001) 13
- 2. It’s Not about the Art in the Folk, It’s about the Folks in the Art: A Curator’s Tale 17
- 3. The War of the Roses: Guadalupe, Alma López, and Santa Fe 43
- 4. Making Privates Public: It’s Not about La Virgen of the Conquest, but about the Conquest of La Virgen 69
- 5. Art Comes for the Archbishop: The Semiotics of Contemporary Chicana Feminism and the Work of Alma López 96
- 6. Queering the Sacred: Love as Oppositional Consciousness in Alma López’s Visual Art 121
- 7. The Decolonial Virgin in a Colonial Site: It’s Not about the Gender in My Nation, It’s about the Nation in My Gender 148
- 8. It’s Not about the Virgins in My Life, It’s about the Life in My Virgins 165
- 9. Do U Think I’m a Nasty Girl? 195
- 10. Devil in a Rose Bikini: The Second Coming of Our Lady in Santa Fe 212
- 11. It’s Not about the Santa in My Fe, but the Santa Fe in My Santa 249
- Appendix: Selected Viewer Comments 293
- About the Contributors 311
- Index 315
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- CONTENTS vii
- List of Images ix
- Acknowledgments xi
- 0. Our Lady of Controversy: A Subject That Needs No Introduction 1
- 1. The Artist of Our Lady (April 2, 2001) 13
- 2. It’s Not about the Art in the Folk, It’s about the Folks in the Art: A Curator’s Tale 17
- 3. The War of the Roses: Guadalupe, Alma López, and Santa Fe 43
- 4. Making Privates Public: It’s Not about La Virgen of the Conquest, but about the Conquest of La Virgen 69
- 5. Art Comes for the Archbishop: The Semiotics of Contemporary Chicana Feminism and the Work of Alma López 96
- 6. Queering the Sacred: Love as Oppositional Consciousness in Alma López’s Visual Art 121
- 7. The Decolonial Virgin in a Colonial Site: It’s Not about the Gender in My Nation, It’s about the Nation in My Gender 148
- 8. It’s Not about the Virgins in My Life, It’s about the Life in My Virgins 165
- 9. Do U Think I’m a Nasty Girl? 195
- 10. Devil in a Rose Bikini: The Second Coming of Our Lady in Santa Fe 212
- 11. It’s Not about the Santa in My Fe, but the Santa Fe in My Santa 249
- Appendix: Selected Viewer Comments 293
- About the Contributors 311
- Index 315
