Revelation in Aztlán : scriptures, utopias, and the Chicano movement / Jacqueline M. Hidalgo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hidalgo, Jacqueline M., author.

Series:

Bible and cultural studies

The Bible and cultural studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Revelation--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Bible. Revelation.

Chicano movement--Religious life and customs.

Chicano movement.

Aztlán--Religious aspects.

Aztlán.

Physical Description:

xi, 313 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, [2016]

Contents:

Introduction: scriptures, place, and no place in the Chicano movement

"We are Aztlán : writing scriptures, writing utopia in El plan espiritual de Aztlán

"The holy city which has been written in this book" : the utopian scripturalization of Revelation

"The spirit will speak for my people" : El plan de Santa Barbara and the Chicanx movement as a project of scripturalization

"Power and dominance, loyalty and conformity" : family, gender, sexuality, and utopian scripturalization

"Faith and social justice are so connected in my book" : scriptures, scrolls, and scribes as technologies of diaspora

Coda : Scriptural revelations and reconquest.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-294) and index.

ISBN:

1137592133

9781137592132

OCLC:

942380893