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Moore, Patricia Elaine. "Santo De Santa Fe: Mediators of Family and Faith, Culture and Place," American Studies, University of New Mexico, February 2000.
This dissertation is an ethnographic study of Hispano devotional art an its meanings in the lives of contemporary people living in the area of Santa Fe, New Mexico. Santero art, wooden statues and paintings on wood of the saints and other religious figures, is made in the tradition of Spanish Colonial art, by artists in northern New Mexico and southern Colorado. Santos were once made primarily by and for Hispanos use in religious settings. Today santos and Hispano culture are being commodified: santos are sold to people all over the world, found in museums and in the homes of art collectors. The objects server as mediators of family and faith, culture and place, and they do so in a complex world of multi-cultural living. The ways these objects are used to help Anglos become “New Mexicans” and how they are appreciated as art are described. Questions concerning their “power” are discussed. The study contrasts the role of santos in the church community with their role in the life of the Spanish Colonial Arts Society. The history of both groups is explored in detail with special emphasis on multi-cultural living.
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