Guadalupe in New York : Devotion and the Struggle for Citizenship Rights among Mexican Immigrants / / Alyshia Gálvez
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| Autore: |
Gálvez Alyshia
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| Titolo: |
Guadalupe in New York : Devotion and the Struggle for Citizenship Rights among Mexican Immigrants / / Alyshia Gálvez
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| 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 |
| Catholicism | |
| Galvez | |
| Guadalupan | |
| Mexican | |
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| York | |
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| devotion | |
| everyday | |
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| illuminate | |
| immigrants | |
| immigration | |
| in-depth | |
| interviews | |
| many | |
| practices | |
| reform | |
| respect | |
| rich | |
| rights | |
| series | |
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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 |
| ISBN: | 0-8147-3233-X |
| 0-8147-3313-1 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910812024803321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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