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



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Autore: Gálvez Alyshia Visualizza persona
Titolo: Guadalupe in New York : Devotion and the Struggle for Citizenship Rights among Mexican Immigrants / / Alyshia Gálvez Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: New York ; ; London, [England] : , : New York University Press, , 2010
©2010
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (254 p.)
Disciplina: 305.868/7207471
Soggetto topico: Emigration and immigration - Religious aspects - Christianity
Civil rights - United States
Citizenship - United States
Guadalupe, Our Lady of
Mexican Americans - New York - New York - Religion
Soggetto geografico: United States Emigration and immigration
Soggetto non controllato: American
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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
Titolo autorizzato: Guadalupe in New York  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-8147-3233-X
0-8147-3313-1
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910812024803321
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