Borderlands saints : secular sanctity in Chicano/a and Mexican culture / Desiree A. Martin.
Material type: TextSeries: LatinidadPublisher: New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2014]Copyright date: 2014Description: 1 online resource (268 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780813562353Subject(s): 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 | Mexican-American Border Region -- CivilizationGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Borderlands saints : secular sanctity in Chicano/a and Mexican culture.DDC classification: 810.9/868 LOC classification: PQ7070.5 | .M37 2014Online resources: Click to ViewIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: The secular sanctity of borderlands saints -- Saint of contradiction: Teresa Urrea, La Santa de Cabora -- The remains of Pancho Villa -- Canonizing Cesar Chavez -- Todos somos santos: Subcomandante Marcos and the EZLN -- Illegal marginalizations: La Santisima Muerte -- Conclusion: Narrative devotion.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
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