Revelation in Aztlán : scriptures, utopias, and the Chicano movement /

Revelation in Aztlán : scriptures, utopias, and the Chicano movement /

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Author / Creator:Hidalgo, Jacqueline M., author.
Imprint:New York : Palgrave Macmillan, [2016]
©2016
Description:1 online resource (313 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
Series:The Bible and cultural studies
Bible and cultural studies.
Subject:
Bible. -- Revelation -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible. -- Revelation.
Chicano movement -- Religious aspects.
Aztlán -- Religious aspects.
Mexican Americans -- Religious life.
Mexican Americans -- Religious life.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13539996
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ISBN:9781137592149
1137592141
1137592133
9781137592132
9781137592132
1137592133
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PDF
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Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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Summary:"Bridging the fields of Religion and Latina/o Studies, this book fills a gap by examining the 'spiritual' rhetoric and practices of the Chicano movement. Bringing new theoretical life to biblical studies and Chicana/o writings from the 1960s, such as El Plan Espiritual de Aztlán and El Plan de Santa Barbara, Jacqueline M. Hidalgo boldly makes the case that peoples, for whom historical memories of displacement loom large, engage scriptures in order to make and contest homes. Movement literature drew upon and defied the scriptural legacies of Revelation, a Christian scriptural text that also carries a displaced homing dream. Through the slipperiness of utopian imaginations, these texts become places of belonging for those whose belonging has otherwise been questioned. Hidalgo's elegant comparative study articulates as never before how Aztlán and the new Jerusalem's imaginative power rest in their ambiguities, their ambivalence, and the significance that people ascribe to them"--Provided by publisher.
Other form:Print version: Hidalgo, Jacqueline M. Revelation in Aztlán. New York : Palgrave Macmillan, [2016] 1137592133
Standard no.:9781137592132
10.1057/978-1-137-59214-9
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: scriptures, place, and no place in the Chicano movement
  • "We are Aztlán : writing scriptures, writing utopia in El plan espiritual de Aztlán
  • "The holy city which has been written in this book" : the utopian scripturalization of Revelation
  • "The spirit will speak for my people" : El plan de Santa Barbara and the Chicanx movement as a project of scripturalization
  • "Power and dominance, loyalty and conformity" : family, gender, sexuality, and utopian scripturalization
  • "Faith and social justice are so connected in my book" : scriptures, scrolls, and scribes as technologies of diaspora
  • Coda : Scriptural revelations and reconquest.

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