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

Borderlands Saints : Secular Sanctity in Chicano/a and Mexican Culture / Desirée A. Martín.

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 intersectio...

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Main Author: Martín, Desirée A., 1972- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2014]
Series:Latinidad: Transnational Cultures in the United States.
Subjects:
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.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > Hispanic American Studies.
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
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
dissertations.
Academic theses.
Thèses et écrits académiques.
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