Performing Piety : Making Space Sacred with the Virgin of Guadalupe / Elaine A. Pena.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pena, Elaine A., Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Guadalupe, Our Lady of--Cult--Mexico.

Guadalupe, Our Lady of.

Anthropology of religion--Mexico.

Anthropology of religion.

Sacred space.

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

Gaudalupe Hidalgo (Mexico).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (235 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2011]

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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 the sacred space known as 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. Interdisciplinary in scope, Performing Piety paints a nuanced picture of the lived experience of Guadalupan devotion in which different forms of knowing, socio-economic and political coping tactics, conceptions of history, and faith-based traditions circulate within and between sacred spaces.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Locating Transnational Devotion

Part One. Building

Part Two. Walking

Part Three. Conquering

Conclusion: Making Space Sacred

Appendix: Pilgrimage Repertoire

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9786613277916

9781283277914

1283277913

9780520948808

0520948807

OCLC:

726734845