Models of a Bygone World: Popular Nineteenth-Century Nativity Scenes as a Representation of Chilean Society

Embracing the belief that the humblest of individuals participated in Jesus’s birth with their presence and their gifts alongside the wisest, Christians of every era have wished to display their own participation and contribution to this foundational Christian event. This article describes the ways...

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Main Author: Sanfuentes, Olaya 1968- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Yale University 2022
In: MAVCOR journal
Year: 2022, Volume: 6, Issue: 1
Further subjects:B Creche
B Clay
B Rural life
B Sculpture
B Nativity
B Catholicism
B Chile
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Summary:Embracing the belief that the humblest of individuals participated in Jesus’s birth with their presence and their gifts alongside the wisest, Christians of every era have wished to display their own participation and contribution to this foundational Christian event. This article describes the ways in which a traditional, rural-inspired society like that of Santiago, Chile at the end of the nineteenth and the beginning of the twentieth centuries expressed itself through its nativity scenes.
ISSN:2475-2428
Contains:Enthalten in: MAVCOR journal
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.22332/mav.ess.2022.1