Mexican American religions : spirituality, activism, and culture / edited by Gaston Espinosa and Mario T. Garcia.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Espinosa, Gastón.

García, Mario T.

Series:

e-Duke books scholarly collection.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mexican Americans--Religion.

Mexican Americans.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (455 p.)

Place of Publication:

Durham : Duke University Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A multidisciplinary collection of essays examining the influence of Mexican American religion on Mexican American literature, art, politics, and popular culture.

Contents:

History and interpretations of Mexican American religions

History and theory in the study of Mexican American religions / Gaston Espinosa

Pious colonialism : assessing a church paradigm for Chicano identity / Anthony M. Stevens-Arroyo

Mexican American mystics and prophets

Sacred order, sacred space : Reies Lpez Tijerina and the Valle de Paz community / Rudy V. Busto

The secularization and sanctification of Cosar Chavez / Stephen R. Lloyd-Moffett

Religion and the Chicano Movement : Catlicos por la raza / Mario T. Garca

Mexican American popular Catholicism

Our Lady of Guadalupe and the politics of cultural interpretation / Socorro Castaeda-Liles

Voces de Fe : Mexican American altaristas in Texas / Kay Turner

Los pastores and the gendered politics of location / Richard R. Flores

Mexican American religions and literature

The religious vision of Gloria Anzalda : borderlands, la frontera as a shamanic space / Davd Carrasco and Roberto Lint Sagarena

Voice and vision in Chicana religious practice : the literary re-elaborations of Mary Helen Ponce, Denise Chavez, and Sandra Cisneros / Ellen McCracken

Mexican American religions and healing

Brown Moses : Francisco Olazbal and Mexican American Pentecostal healing in the Borderlands / Gastn Espinosa

"Soy una curandera y soy una catlica" : the poetics of a Mexican healing tradition / Luis D. Len

Mexican American religions and pop culture

Luis Valdez's la pastorela : "the Shepherds' play" : tradition, hybridity, and transformation / Mara Herrera-Sobek

Hybrid spiritualities and Chicana altar-based art : the work of Amalia Mesa-Bains / Laura E. Prez

Mexican Madonna : Selena and the politics of cultural redemption / Gaston Espinosa

Conclusion: Reflections on Mexican American religions and culture.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-02272-9

9786613022721

0-8223-8895-2

OCLC:

271244274