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Record Nr.

UNINA9910480459003321

Autore

Gálvez Alyshia

Titolo

Guadalupe in New York [[electronic resource] ] : Devotion and the Struggle for Citizenship Rights among Mexican Immigrants / / Alyshia Gálvez

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; ; London, [England] : , : New York University Press, , 2010

©2010

ISBN

0-8147-3233-X

0-8147-3313-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (254 p.)

Disciplina

305.868/7207471

Soggetti

Emigration and immigration - Religious aspects - Christianity

Civil rights - United States

Citizenship - United States

Guadalupe, Our Lady of

Mexican Americans - New York - New York - Religion

Electronic books.

United States Emigration and immigration

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-225) and index.

Nota di contenuto

On citizenship, membership, and the right to have rights -- Los Comit's Guadalupanos and Asociación Tepeyac: their formation and context -- Our Lady of Guadalupe: the image and its circulation -- El viacrucis del inmigrante and other public processions -- La antorcha Guadalupana/the Guadalupan torch run: messengers for a people divided by the border -- Conclusion: Citizenship for immigrants -- Appendix: A note on methodology and the use of pseudonyms.

Sommario/riassunto

Every December 12th, thousands of Mexican immigrants gather for the mass at New York City's St. Patrick's Cathedral in honor of Our Lady of Guadalupe's feast day. They kiss images of the Virgin, wait for a bishop's blessing-and they also carry signs asking for immigration reform, much like political protestors. It is this juxtaposition of religion and politics that Alyshia Gálvez investigates in Guadalupe in New York .



The Virgin of Guadalupe is a profound symbol for Mexican and Mexican-American Catholics and the patron saint of their country. Her name has been invoked in war and in peace, and