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Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Alternative belief systems > Occult studies > Satanism & demonology
For over a decade the cult of La Santa Muerte has grown rapidly in
Mexico and the United States. Thousands of people--ranging from
drug runners and mothers to cabdrivers, soldiers, police, and
prison inmates--invoke the protection of La Santa Muerte. Devotees
seek her protection through practicing popular vows, attending
public rosaries and masses at street altars, and constructing and
maintaining home altars. This book examines La Santa Muerte's role
in people's daily lives and explores how popular religious
practices of worship and devotion developed around a figure often
associated with illicit activities. She represents life with the
possibility of respite but without ultimate redemption, and she
speaks to the complexities of lives lived at the fringes of
violence, insecurity, impunity, and economic hardship. The essays
collected here move beyond the visually arresting sight of La Santa
Muerte as a tattoo or figurine, suggesting that she represents a
major movement in Mexico.
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