Edward Wright-Ríos
Biographic Data
| ID | 107058 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Edward Wright-Ríos |
| GIVEN NAMES | Edward |
| FAMILY NAME | Wright-Ríos |
| SIGNATURE | WRIGHT-RÍOS E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Vanderbilt University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1520-3305 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Posting the Journey to Juquila
At the crossroads of scholarship scrutinizing digital religion and pilgrimage, this article analyzes the use of Facebook, YouTube, and Instagram by devotees of Our Lady of Juquila, a Marian image in Oaxaca, Mexico. It combines the close reading of content and descriptive online ethnography with web scraping and data analysis. The article sketches these platforms' role in pious expression, virtual community building, pilgrimage group communication…
Marshaling the Faithful
It often is assumed that Catholicism in Mexico prior to independence was a corporate matter, whereas afterward it became an increasingly individual affair. When scholars have explored collective expressions of modern religious culture, they typically have focused on indigenous brotherhoods in rural communities. The present chapter, in contrast, offers a comprehensive picture of the full spectrum of associations, devotional organizations, and soda…
For Christ and Country
There are few historical events like a presidential assassination to attract readers and carry a narrative. Such is the case for Robert Weis's new book, For Christ and Country, a focused, carefully crafted examination of urban Catholic militancy in twentieth-century Mexico couched as the contextual backdrop of José de León Toral's murder of Álvaro Obregón on July 17, 1928. Employing clear, nimble prose, Weis succeeds admirably in sketching the de…
Theater of a Thousand Wonders
For those of us who study religion in Mexico, a new book by William Taylor represents an opportunity and an obligation. The author of several field-shaping books on colonial Mexico, Taylor turned his attention to religious culture and the Catholic Church in the 1990s, and he has continued to publish on the topic after retirement. Scholars have long stressed the ubiquity of Catholicism in Mexican life, but few have done as much as Taylor to flesh …
K athryn A. S loan . Death in the City
Perhaps the never-ending fascination with death in Mexico is simply a fact of life. Of late the Disney film Coco (2017) has been breaking records, and succeeding in making this reviewer shed a tear or two over a boy’s dreamlike quest among his muertos, dead relatives on the proverbial other side. In a different vein, the James Bond thriller Spectre (2015) opens with a stunning tracking shot of lethal 007 derring-do amid a contrived Día de Muertos…
Ben Fallaw. Religion and State Formation in Postrevolutionary Mexico
In this new book, historian Ben Fallaw expands upon his enduring interest in the era of Mexican President Lázaro Cárdenas (1934–1940). In particular, he scrutinizes an impressive array of regional responses to this figure's attempt to stabilize the postrevolutionary state and reform rural society. Because Mexico's one-party state endured for over seventy years, scholars have long argued that Cárdenas was successful. As the argument went, thanks t…
La Madre Matiana
On July 1, 1917, a publication calling itself La Madre Matiana hit the newsstands in Mexico City. The newspaper promised a bold take on politics and society, and its masthead revealed a mission both madcap and grandiose: A prophetic, truth-telling newspaper; it will block the sun with a finger, bark at the moon, and serenade the morning star. This earnest but rather comical statement of endeavor appeared in each issue, and Mexicans of the time wo…
Envisioning Mexico's Catholic Resurgence
Journal Article Envisioning Mexico's Catholic Resurgence: The Virgin of Solitude and the Talking Christ of Tlacoxcalco 1908–1924 Get access Edward Wright-Rios Edward Wright-Rios Vanderbilt University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Past & Present, Volume 195, Issue 1, May 2007, Pages 197–239, https://doi.org/10.1093/pastj/gtm003 Published: 01 May 2007
Indian Saints and Nation-States
Analyzing the costumbrista sketches of Ignacio Manuel Altamirano as a single multi-faceted work, and comparing his treatment of popular Catholicism in different communities, this study represents a new reading of the author’s writings. It proposes that Altamirano’s juxtaposition of religion and modernity across urban-rural and ethnic continua reveals the author exploring the possibilities of Indian-centered nationalism rooted in what he describes…
Indian Saints and Nation-States
Analyzing the costumbrista sketches of Ignacio Manuel Altamirano as a single multi-faceted work, and comparing his treatment of popular Catholicism in different communities, this study represents a new reading of the author’s writings. It proposes that Altamirano’s juxtaposition of religion and modernity across urban-rural and ethnic continua reveals the author exploring the possibilities of Indian-centered nationalism rooted in what he describes…
Envisioning Mexico's Catholic Resurgence
Journal Article Envisioning Mexico's Catholic Resurgence: The Virgin of Solitude and the Talking Christ of Tlacoxcalco 1908–1924 Get access Edward Wright-Rios Edward Wright-Rios Vanderbilt University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Past & Present, Volume 195, Issue 1, May 2007, Pages 197–239, https://doi.org/10.1093/pastj/gtm003 Published: 01 May 2007
Indian Saints and Nation-States
Analyzing the costumbrista sketches of Ignacio Manuel Altamirano as a single multi-faceted work, and comparing his treatment of popular Catholicism in different communities, this study represents a new reading of the author’s writings. It proposes that Altamirano’s juxtaposition of religion and modernity across urban-rural and ethnic continua reveals the author exploring the possibilities of Indian-centered nationalism rooted in what he describes…
Envisioning Mexico's Catholic Resurgence
Journal Article Envisioning Mexico's Catholic Resurgence: The Virgin of Solitude and the Talking Christ of Tlacoxcalco 1908–1924 Get access Edward Wright-Rios Edward Wright-Rios Vanderbilt University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Past & Present, Volume 195, Issue 1, May 2007, Pages 197–239, https://doi.org/10.1093/pastj/gtm003 Published: 01 May 2007
La Madre Matiana
On July 1, 1917, a publication calling itself La Madre Matiana hit the newsstands in Mexico City. The newspaper promised a bold take on politics and society, and its masthead revealed a mission both madcap and grandiose: A prophetic, truth-telling newspaper; it will block the sun with a finger, bark at the moon, and serenade the morning star. This earnest but rather comical statement of endeavor appeared in each issue, and Mexicans of the time wo…
Ben Fallaw. Religion and State Formation in Postrevolutionary Mexico
In this new book, historian Ben Fallaw expands upon his enduring interest in the era of Mexican President Lázaro Cárdenas (1934–1940). In particular, he scrutinizes an impressive array of regional responses to this figure's attempt to stabilize the postrevolutionary state and reform rural society. Because Mexico's one-party state endured for over seventy years, scholars have long argued that Cárdenas was successful. As the argument went, thanks t…
K athryn A. S loan . Death in the City
Perhaps the never-ending fascination with death in Mexico is simply a fact of life. Of late the Disney film Coco (2017) has been breaking records, and succeeding in making this reviewer shed a tear or two over a boy’s dreamlike quest among his muertos, dead relatives on the proverbial other side. In a different vein, the James Bond thriller Spectre (2015) opens with a stunning tracking shot of lethal 007 derring-do amid a contrived Día de Muertos…
Theater of a Thousand Wonders
For those of us who study religion in Mexico, a new book by William Taylor represents an opportunity and an obligation. The author of several field-shaping books on colonial Mexico, Taylor turned his attention to religious culture and the Catholic Church in the 1990s, and he has continued to publish on the topic after retirement. Scholars have long stressed the ubiquity of Catholicism in Mexican life, but few have done as much as Taylor to flesh …
Marshaling the Faithful
It often is assumed that Catholicism in Mexico prior to independence was a corporate matter, whereas afterward it became an increasingly individual affair. When scholars have explored collective expressions of modern religious culture, they typically have focused on indigenous brotherhoods in rural communities. The present chapter, in contrast, offers a comprehensive picture of the full spectrum of associations, devotional organizations, and soda…
For Christ and Country
There are few historical events like a presidential assassination to attract readers and carry a narrative. Such is the case for Robert Weis's new book, For Christ and Country, a focused, carefully crafted examination of urban Catholic militancy in twentieth-century Mexico couched as the contextual backdrop of José de León Toral's murder of Álvaro Obregón on July 17, 1928. Employing clear, nimble prose, Weis succeeds admirably in sketching the de…
Posting the Journey to Juquila
At the crossroads of scholarship scrutinizing digital religion and pilgrimage, this article analyzes the use of Facebook, YouTube, and Instagram by devotees of Our Lady of Juquila, a Marian image in Oaxaca, Mexico. It combines the close reading of content and descriptive online ethnography with web scraping and data analysis. The article sketches these platforms' role in pious expression, virtual community building, pilgrimage group communication…
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