The saints of Santa Ana : faith and ethnicity in a Mexican majority city / Jonathan E. Calvillo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Calvillo, Jonathan, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mexican American Catholics--California--Santa Ana--Ethnic identity.

Mexican American Catholics.

Santa Ana (Calif.)--Religious life and customs.

Santa Ana (Calif.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (272 pages).

Place of Publication:

Oxford University Press 2020

Summary:

To examine the intersection of religion and ethnicity among Mexican immigrants, this volume takes readers into the vibrant neighborhoods of central Santa Ana, California, a Mexican-majority metropolis with high rates of religious participation. Ethnic Mexicans have traditionally been characterized by their religiosity, and have historically been marked as ethno-racially distinct from the white majority. On the one hand, this volume investigates whether Mexican ethnicity is indeed a cohesive organizing principle that continues to mark Mexicans as distinct. On the other hand, the volume examines the mechanisms of religion that sustain or alter in-group understandings of ethnicity.

Contents:

The Saints of Santa Ana Introduction: The Spirit of the Barrio 1. A City of Saints 2. A Century of Saints 3. The Authentic Ethnic Self 4. Altar Encounters 5. Defining Commitments through Spiritual Dialogue 6. Notions of Neighborhood Sites Unseen

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2021.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-009783-3

0-19-009781-7

0-19-009782-5