{"product_id":"gauchillos","title":"Toni Memeguzzo: Gauchillos [2017] hardback","description":"The book is a research on the syncretism of the Argentinian rural bandits. The project  follows the footsteps of Gauchito Gil and San la Muerte, two of many folk saints not  recognized by the Roman Catholic Church but which are flourishing in Argentina.  The Gauchito Gil is a legendary character of Argentina's popular culture. He was  allegedly born in the area of Pay Ubre, nowadays Mercedes, Corrientes, possibly  in the 1840s, and died on 8 January 1878. He became a mystical symbol of bravery  stealing from the rich and giving to the poor. The book includes evocative pictures  of the quacks, the pilgrims, the prayer centres, the gauchos arriving on horses to  Mercedes the 8 January to celebrate the death of Gauchito Gil, those saved \/cured  by miracles, the most radical bandits with Gauchito tatooed, the Catholic Church  representatives, and so on. Devotees of San La Muerte, which is depicted as a male  skeletal figure holding a scythe, make offerings in hopes of favors ranging from health,  fortune and protection to revenge. Toni Meneguzzo took the photographs included in  the book in different Argentinian areas: Corrientes, El Chaco, Missione and Buenos  Aires. The book includes texts by Andreas Sala, Daphne Angles, Jean Blanchaert,  Tommaso Basilio and Toni Meneguzzo.","brand":"Memeguzzo, Toni \u0026 Sala, Andres \u0026 Angles, Daphne \u0026 Blanchaert, Jean \u0026 Basilio, Tommaso","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46580198670675,"sku":"9788862085137","price":32.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/memeguzzo-toni-sala-andres-angles-daphne-blanchaert-jean-basilio-tommaso-gauchillos-9788862085137-50607493611859.jpg?v=1683228391","url":"https:\/\/chaptersbookstore.pro\/products\/gauchillos","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}