Cuentas rojas y magia de amor: Intercambios culturales entre España y Nueva España en Edad Moderna

Translated title of the contribution: Red beads and love magic: Cross-cultural exchanges between Spain and new Spain in modern era

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Abstract

This paper is about the significance of particular red beads used in love magic during the 17th and 18th centuries, specifically on the construction of symbolic universe through perceptions based on "others" materiality. It aims to provide a connected studied between Spain and New Spain through the histories of the gipsy Generosa Vicente and mestiza Margarita Palacios recovered from the Inquisition authorities notes. This is the way to understand the extent to which cross-cultural contacts privilege the transmission of ideas associated with objects, and how they were used apparently with similar purposes but with a very different meaning
Translated title of the contributionRed beads and love magic: Cross-cultural exchanges between Spain and new Spain in modern era
Original languageSpanish
Pages (from-to)567-578
Number of pages11
JournalHispania Sacra
Volume69
Issue number140
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2017

Keywords

  • Inquisición
  • historia de las mujeres
  • materialidades
  • magia
  • abalorios

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