Mexican American religions [[electronic resource] ] : spirituality, activism, and culture / / edited by Gastón Espinosa and Mario T. Garcia

• Pubblicazione: Durham, : Duke University Press, 2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (455 p.)
• Disciplina: 270.089/6872073
• Soggetto topico: Mexican Americans - Religion
• Altri autori: EspinosaGastón GarcíaMario T
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: History and interpretations of Mexican American religions -- History and theory in the study of Mexican American religions / Gastón Espinosa -- Pious colonialism : assessing a church paradigm for Chicano identity / Anthony M. Stevens-Arroyo -- Mexican American mystics and prophets -- Sacred order, sacred space : Reies Løpez Tijerina and the Valle de Paz community / Rudy V. Busto -- The secularization and sanctification of Cosar Chavez / Stephen R. Lloyd-Moffett -- Religion and the Chicano Movement : Catølicos por la raza / Mario T. Garcøa -- Mexican American popular Catholicism -- Our Lady of Guadalupe and the politics of cultural interpretation / Socorro Castaøeda-Liles -- Voces de Fe : Mexican American altaristas in Texas / Kay Turner -- Los pastores and the gendered politics of location / Richard R. Flores -- Mexican American religions and literature -- The religious vision of Gloria Anzaldøa : borderlands, la frontera as a shamanic space / Davød Carrasco and Roberto Lint Sagarena -- Voice and vision in Chicana religious practice : the literary re-elaborations of Mary Helen Ponce, Denise Chavez, and Sandra Cisneros / Ellen McCracken -- Mexican American religions and healing -- Brown Moses : Francisco Olazøbal and Mexican American Pentecostal healing in the Borderlands / Gastøn Espinosa -- "Soy una curandera y soy una catølica" : the poetics of a Mexican healing tradition / Luis D. Leøn -- Mexican American religions and pop culture -- Luis Valdez's la pastorela : "the Shepherds' play" : tradition, hybridity, and transformation / Marøa Herrera-Sobek -- Hybrid spiritualities and Chicana altar-based art : the work of Amalia Mesa-Bains / Laura E. Pørez -- Mexican Madonna : Selena and the politics of cultural redemption / Gaston Espinosa -- Conclusion: Reflections on Mexican American religions and culture.
• Sommario/riassunto: A multidisciplinary collection of essays examining the influence of Mexican American religion on Mexican American literature, art, politics, and popular culture.
• Titolo autorizzato: Mexican American religions
• ISBN: 1-283-02272-9; 9786613022721; 0-8223-8895-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910777993303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: e-Duke books scholarly collection.