1st Edition
The Stranger, the Tears, the Photograph, the Touch Divine Presence in Spain and Europe since 1500
By William A. Christian Jr.
Copyright 2017
310 Pages
by
Central European University Press
This book is an expanded, larger-format, and more highly illustrated version of a smaller book released by CEU Press in 2011. It presents and comments on an extensive set of religious and personal photographs and illustrations that depict people along with divine beings or absent loved ones. First, Christian examines the periodic appearances of Christ-like strangers in the Spanish countryside... Read more
Introduction, Chapter 1. Toribia del Val and the Mysterious Wayfarer of Casas de Benítez Chapter 2. Images as Beings: Blood, Sweat, and Tears Chapter 3. Presence, Absence, and the Supernatural in Postcard and Family Photographs, Europe 1895-1920, Visions Depicted Connecting with the Absent and the Supernaturals, Supernaturals and the Absent in World War I Postcards, Absence in Family Photographs around World War I Chapter 4. Juxtapositions: Saints, Humans, Animals in Spanish Fiestas; with Photographs by Cristina García Rodero People Touching Saints, People Touching Animals Crossing the Boundaries: Images as People / People as Images, Animals as Humans / Humans as Animals, Images and Animals, Reflections, Summing Up, Acknowledgments, List of Figures, Bibliography, Index.
Biography
William A. Christian Jr. is an anthropologist and historian living in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain.
