Borderlands Saints : Secular Sanctity in Chicano/a and Mexican Culture /
Borderlands Saints examines the rise and fall of popular saints and saint-like figures in the borderlands of the United States and Mexico. Focusing specifically on Teresa Urrea (La Santa de Cabora), Pancho Villa, César Chávez, Subcomandante Marcos, and Santa Muerte, the book traces the intersectio...
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| Μορφή: | Licensed eBooks |
| Γλώσσα: | Αγγλικά |
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New Brunswick, New Jersey :
Rutgers University Press
[2014]
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| Σειρά: | Latinidad: Transnational Cultures in the United States.
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| Διαθέσιμο Online: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt5hjfgj |
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
- Introduction: The secular sanctity of borderlands saints
- Saint of contradiction: Teresa Urrea, La Santa de Cabora
- The remains of Pancho Villa
- Canonizing César Chávez
- Todos somos santos: Subcomandante Marcos and the EZLN
- Illegal marginalizations: La Santísima Muerte
- Conclusion: Narrative devotion.