This lec­ture explores ques­tions of trans­for­ma­tion in Guadalu­pan devo­tion in the met­ro­pol­i­tan area of Guadala­jara, Mex­i­co, approached through lived reli­gion and inter­gen­er­a­tional trans­mis­sion. Since her alleged appari­tion in the six­teenth cen­tu­ry, the Vir­gin of Guadalupe has tra­versed five cen­turies of Mex­i­can his­to­ry as a reli­gious icon, nation­al sym­bol, and cul­tur­al myth – con­tin­u­al­ly rein­vent­ed, rein­ter­pret­ed, […]