Borderlands Saints : Secular Sanctity in Chicano/a and Mexican Culture /

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Author / Creator:	Martín, Desirée A., 1972- author.
Imprint:	New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2014] ©2014
Description:	1 online resource (x, 254 pages)
Language:	English
Series:	Latinidad: Transnational Cultures in the United States Latinidad: Transnational Cultures in the United States.
Subject:	American literature -- Mexican American authors -- History and criticism. Mexican American literature (Spanish) -- History and criticism. Mexican literature -- History and criticism. Secularism in literature. Holy, The, in literature. Heroes in literature. American literature -- Mexican American authors. Civilization. Heroes in literature. Holy, The, in literature. Mexican American literature (Spanish) Mexican literature. Secularism in literature. Mexican-American Border Region -- Civilization. North America -- Mexican-American Border Region. Electronic book. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11214826

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ISBN:	9781461954002 1461954002 9780813562353 081356235X 9780813562346 0813562341 9780813562339 0813562333 9781306166300 1306166306
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Summary:	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 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.
Other form:	Print version: Martín, Desirée A., 1972- Borderlands saints. New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, 2014 9780813562346

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