Juan Luis Burke
Biographic Data
| ID | 8608097 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Juan Luis Burke |
| GIVEN NAMES | Juan Luis |
| FAMILY NAME | Burke |
| SIGNATURE | BURKE J L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Maryland, College Park |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9265-6100 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Race and Politics in Eighteenth-Century Mexico City
This article analyzes the urban and architectural transformations in the Villa de Guadalupe, the site where the cult of the Virgin of Guadalupe originated, in present-day Mexico City, on behalf of Creole architects, urban planners, and clerics. The article argues that members of Mexico City’s Creole elite played a critical role in fabricating a fervent cult of a dark-skinned Madonna while orchestrating dramatic changes to the site of the appariti…
"Juan Luis Burke. Review of "Habsburg Madrid
From Courtesan to Saint
This essay analyzes the viceregal Mexican artist Juan Correa’s painting The Conversion of St. Mary Magdalene, from the late seventeenth century. A depiction of a woman explicitly displaying traits of her sensuality and sexuality in a Mexican viceregal artwork, the painting visually conveys symbolic embodiments of the feminine condition. These embodiments refer to religious penitence, self-reflection, mysticism, and the vita contemplativa. Moreove…
No prominent works on this page.
From Courtesan to Saint
This essay analyzes the viceregal Mexican artist Juan Correa’s painting The Conversion of St. Mary Magdalene, from the late seventeenth century. A depiction of a woman explicitly displaying traits of her sensuality and sexuality in a Mexican viceregal artwork, the painting visually conveys symbolic embodiments of the feminine condition. These embodiments refer to religious penitence, self-reflection, mysticism, and the vita contemplativa. Moreove…
Race and Politics in Eighteenth-Century Mexico City
This article analyzes the urban and architectural transformations in the Villa de Guadalupe, the site where the cult of the Virgin of Guadalupe originated, in present-day Mexico City, on behalf of Creole architects, urban planners, and clerics. The article argues that members of Mexico City’s Creole elite played a critical role in fabricating a fervent cult of a dark-skinned Madonna while orchestrating dramatic changes to the site of the appariti…
"Juan Luis Burke. Review of "Habsburg Madrid
Art (3 works) · Architecture (2 works) · Latin American history and culture (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Literature (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 work) · Ancient history (1 work)