La Llorona's children : religion, life, and death in the U.S.-Mexican borderlands /

"Luis D. León's compelling, innovative exploration of religion in the U.S.-Mexican borderlands issues a fundamental challenge to current scholarship in the field and recharts the landscape of Chicano faith. La Llorona's Children constructs genealogies of the major traditions spanning...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: León, Luis D., 1965- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, [2004]
Temas:
Mary, > Blessed Virgin, Saint > Devotion to > Mexico.
Mary, > Blessed Virgin, Saint > Devotion to > United States.
Marie, > Sainte Vierge > Culte > Mexique.
Marie, > Sainte Vierge > Culte > États-Unis.
Mary, > Blessed Virgin, Saint.
Mexican American Catholics > Religious life.
Catholiques américains d'origine mexicaine > Vie religieuse.
Devotion.
Mexico.
United States.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction. In search of La Llorona's children: reimagining religion
  • The terror of postcolonial history: eternal returns in the borderlands
  • Virtual virgin nation: Mexico City as sacred center of memory
  • Religious transnationalism: a Mexican virgin in L.A.
  • El Don: the gift of healing, from Mesoamerica to the borderlands
  • Diaspora spirits: from the Virgin City to the City of Angels
  • Born again in East L.A., and beyond
  • Conclusion. Fin de Siglo in the borderlands: so far from God, so close to the United States.

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