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03996aam a2200649 i 4500 001 6DFE4176BC2911EAAC3CDF0297128E48 003 SILO 005 20200702010020 008 171226s2018 gw b 000 0 eng 010 $a 2017052497 020 $a 386821724X 020 $a 9783868217247 020 $a 1939743222 020 $a 9781939743220 035 $a (OCoLC)1019835777 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d WAU $d OCLCQ $d YDX $d OCLCF $d CHVBK $d OCLCO $d OHX $d OCLCA $d YDX $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a PS153.M4 $b S38 2018 082 00 $a 810.9/86872 $2 23 100 1 $a Schemien, Alexia $e author. 245 10 $a Of virgins, curanderas, and wrestler saints : $b un/doing religion in contemporary Mexican American literature / $c Alexia Schemien. 264 1 $a Trier : $b WVT, Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Trier ; $c [2018] 300 $a 204 pages ; $c 22 cm. 490 1 $a Estudios interamericanos : culturas, sociedades, historia ; $a Estudios interamericanos : culturas, sociedades, historia ; $v volume 21 504 $a Includes bibliographical references. 520 $a "Virgins, home altars, curanderas, and saints -- Mexican American literature is replete with religious symbols. This study investigates the literary engagement with religious and spiritual practices in contemporary Mexican American narrative texts. It raises the question to what extent religion underlies other discourses on race, gender, and class"-- $c Provided by publisher. 505 0 $a Introduction -- 2. Spiritual borderlands or a border of spirituality? -- 2.1. Border and inter-American studies -- 2.2. The spiritual borderlands -- 2.2.1 A brief history of the spiritual borderlands -- 2.2.2 Creating a literary AztlaÌn -- 2.3. Doing religion -- 3. Spirituality and gender -- 3.1. Ana Castillo's feminist vision in The guardians -- 3.2. Of weeping women and curanderas: Graciela LimoÌn's The river flows North -- 3.3. Of wrestlers and saints: MariÌa Amparo EscandoÌn's Esperanza's box of saints -- 4. Spirituality across generations -- 4.1. An American saint: Luis Alberto Urrea's The hummingbird's daughter -- 4.2. Of gothic tales and spiritual ancestry: Carmen Tafolla's "TiÌa" -- 5. Post-spirituality -- 5.1. Richard Rodriguez's Darling: a post-spiritual autobiography? -- 5.2. A cosmos of its own: Salvadola Scencia's The people of paper -- Conclusion. 650 0 $a American fiction $x History and criticism. $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a American fiction $y 20th century $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a Mexican American fiction (Spanish) $y 20th century $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a American literature $x History and criticism. $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a Religion in literature. 650 0 $a Spirituality in literature. 650 0 $a Mexican Americans in literature. 650 0 $a Identity (Psychology) in literature. 650 0 $a AtzlaÌn. 650 7 $a American fiction. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00807048 650 7 $a American fiction $x Mexican American authors. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01765916 650 7 $a American literature $x Mexican American authors. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00807207 650 7 $a Identity (Psychology) in literature. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00966910 650 7 $a Mexican American fiction (Spanish) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01018978 650 7 $a Mexican Americans in literature. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01019165 650 7 $a Religion in literature. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01732559 650 7 $a Spirituality in literature. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01130202 650 7 $a Chicanos $2 gnd 650 7 $a Mexikaner $2 gnd 650 7 $a Religion $g Motiv $2 gnd 650 7 $a Roman $2 gnd 650 7 $a SpiritualitaÌt $g Motiv $2 gnd 651 7 $a USA $2 gnd 648 7 $a 1900-1999 $2 fast 655 7 $a Criticism, interpretation, etc. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411635 830 0 $a Inter-American studies; $v v. 21. 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20200702013840.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=6DFE4176BC2911EAAC3CDF0297128E48 994 $a 92 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search