Description:"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, Cesar Chavez, Subcomandante Marcos, and Santa Muerte, the book 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.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Borderlands Saints: Secular Sanctity in Chicano/A and Mexican Culture. To get started finding Borderlands Saints: Secular Sanctity in Chicano/A and Mexican Culture, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
Pages
296
Format
PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Release
2013
ISBN
081356235X
Borderlands Saints: Secular Sanctity in Chicano/A and Mexican Culture
Description: "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, Cesar Chavez, Subcomandante Marcos, and Santa Muerte, the book 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.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Borderlands Saints: Secular Sanctity in Chicano/A and Mexican Culture. To get started finding Borderlands Saints: Secular Sanctity in Chicano/A and Mexican Culture, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.