{"product_id":"our-lady-of-controversy-alicia-gaspar-de-alba-9780292726420","title":"Our Lady of Controversy: Alma Lez's \"Irreverent Apparition\" [With CD (Audio)]","description":"\u003cp\u003e Months before Alma Lez's digital collage \u003ci\u003eOur Lady\u003c\/i\u003e was shown at the Museum of International Folk Art in 2001, the museum began receiving angry phone calls from community activists and Catholic leaders who demanded that the image not be displayed. Protest rallies, prayer vigils, and death threats ensued, but the provocative image of la Virgen de Guadalupe (hands on hips, clad only in roses, and exalted by a bare-breasted butterfly angel) remained on exhibition. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Highlighting many of the pivotal questions that have haunted the art world since the NEA debacle of 1988, the contributors to \u003ci\u003eOur Lady of Controversy \u003c\/i\u003epresent diverse perspectives, ranging from definitions of art to the artist's intention, feminism, queer theory, colonialism, and Chicano nationalism. Contributors include the exhibition curator, Tey Marianna Nunn; award-winning novelist and Chicana historian Emma P駻ez; and Deena Gonz疝ez (recognized as one of the fifty most important living women historians in America). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Accompanied by a bonus DVD of Alma Lez's \u003ci\u003eI Love Lupe\u003c\/i\u003e video that looks at the Chicana artistic tradition of reimagining la Virgen de Guadalupe, featuring a historic conversation between Yolanda Lez, Ester Hern疣dez, and Alma Lez, \u003ci\u003eOur Lady of Controversy\u003c\/i\u003e promises to ignite important new dialogues. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alicia Gaspar De Alba\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0292726422\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780292726420\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Texas Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 344\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.27lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/22\/2011 pg. 16","brand":"Alicia Gaspar De Alba","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43987274760447,"sku":"9780292726420","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_30865553-0cba-4920-8f2e-afe9cec2f209.jpg?v=1683288006","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/our-lady-of-controversy-alicia-gaspar-de-alba-9780292726420","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}