Performing piety : making space sacred with the Virgin of Guadalupe / Elaine A. Peña.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Peña, Elaine A., 1979-

Contributor:

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Guadalupe, Our Lady of--Cult.

Guadalupe, Our Lady of.

Anthropology of religion--Mexico.

Anthropology of religion.

Sacred space--Mexico.

Sacred space.

Guadalupe Hidalgo (Mexico)--Religious life and customs.

Guadalupe Hidalgo (Mexico).

Mexico.

Physical Description:

xiii, 219 pages : illustrations, maps. ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, [2011]

Summary:

The Virgin of Guadalupe, though quintessentially Mexican, inspires devotion throughout the Americas and around the world. This study sheds new light on the long-standing transnational dimensions of Guadalupan worship by examining the production of sacred space in three disparate but interconnected locations-at Tepeyac in Mexico City; at its replica in Des Plaines, Illinois; and at a sidewalk shrine constructed by Mexican nationals in Chicago. Weaving together rich on-the-ground observations with insights drawn from performance studies, Elaine A. Peña demonstrates how devotees' rituals-pilgrimage, prayers, and festivals-develop, sustain, and legitimize these sacred spaces. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part 1 Building

1 Virgen de los Migrantes: Transposing Sacred Space in a Chicago Suburb 17

Part 2 Walking

2 "¡Qué risa me da!" (Oh, how it makes me laugh!) 55

3 Feeling History: Calambres, Ampoyas y Sed (Muscle Spasms, Blisters, and Thirst) 87

Part 3 Conquering

4 Devotion in the City: Building Sacred Space on Chicago's Far North Side 115.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

ISBN:

0520268342

9780520268333

0520268334

9780520268340

OCLC:

652743784

Publisher Number:

99943946428