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Author:

Mart©Ưn, Desir©♭e A., 1972-

Title:

Borderlands saints : secular sanctity in Chicano/a and Mexican culture / Desir©♭e A. Mart©Ưn.

Publisher:

Rutgers University Press,

Copyright Date:

2014

Description:

x, 254 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Subject:

American literature--History and criticism.--History and criticism.
Mexican American literature (Spanish)--History and criticism.
Mexican-American Border Region--Civilization.
Mexican literature--History and criticism.
Secularism in literature.
Holy, The, in literature.
Heroes in literature.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
American literature--Mexican American authors.
Civilization.
Heroes.
Holy, The.
Literature.
Mexican American literature (Spanish)
Mexican literature.
Secularism.
North America--Mexican-American Border Region.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-243) and index.

Contents:

The secular sanctity of borderlands saints -- Saint of contradiction: Teresa Urrea, La Santa de Cabora -- The remains of Pancho Villa -- Canonizing C©♭sar Ch©Łvez -- "Todos somos santos": Subcomandante Marcos and the EZLN -- Illegal marginalizations: La Sant©Ưsima Muerte -- Narrative devotion.

Series:

Latinidad: transnational cultures in the United States

ISBN:

0813562333 (pbk.)
9780813562339 (pbk.)
0813562341 (hbk.)
9780813562346 (hbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)828682428

LCCN:

2013000429

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)