"Our Lady of Congo": The Creation and Reception of an Early Missionary Propaganda Devotion
In 1891, the founder of the Matadi mission commissioned a master sculptor in Ghent to create a neo-gothic Madonna and child with a kneeling, imploring African released from the shackles of slavery at the Virgin's feet. "Our Lady of Congo" was expected by its creators to become the tut...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis
[2020]
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Material religion
Year: 2020, Volume: 16, Issue: 2, Pages: 236-266 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Matadi (Region)
/ Mission
/ Colonialism
/ Marian statue
/ Piety
/ Propaganda
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| RelBib Classification: | KBN Sub-Saharan Africa KDB Roman Catholic Church |
| Further subjects: | B
Slavery
B Evangelization B Ghent B affective space B Nostalgia B Iconography B intericonicity B space of correlation B Missions B Visuality B Congo Free State B Marian devotion |
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Volltext (Resolving-System) |