In "Borderlands Saints," Desiree A. Martin 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, Cesar Chavez, Subcomandante
Marcos, and Santa Muerte, she traces the intersections of these
figures, their devotees, artistic representations, and dominant
institutions with an eye for the ways in which such unofficial
saints mirror traditional spiritual practices and serve specific
cultural needs.
Popular spirituality of this kind engages the use and exchange of
relics, faith healing, pilgrimages, and spirit possession,
exemplifying the contradictions between high and popular culture,
human and divine, and secular and sacred. Martin focuses upon a
wide range of Mexican and Chicano/a cultural works drawn from the
nineteenth century to the present, covering such diverse genres as
the novel, the communique, drama, the essay or cronica, film, and
contemporary digital media. She argues that spiritual practice is
often represented as narrative, while narrative--whether literary,
historical, visual, or oral--may modify or even function as
devotional practice.
General
Imprint: |
Rutgers University Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
Latinidad: Transnational Cultures in the United States |
Release date: |
November 2013 |
First published: |
December 2013 |
Authors: |
Desiree A. Martin
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 15mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
296 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-8135-6233-9 |
Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
Sociology, social studies >
Ethnic studies >
General
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LSN: |
0-8135-6233-3 |
Barcode: |
9780813562339 |
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