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The political spirituality of Cesar Chavez : crossing religious borders /
The Political Spirituality of Cesar Chavez: Crossing Religious Borders maps and challenges many of the mythologies that surround the late iconic labor leader. Focusing on Chavez''s own writings, León argues that La Causa can be fruitfully understood as a quasi-religious movement based on...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oakland, California :
University of California Press,
[2015]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The Political Spirituality of Cesar Chavez: Crossing Religious Borders maps and challenges many of the mythologies that surround the late iconic labor leader. Focusing on Chavez''s own writings, León argues that La Causa can be fruitfully understood as a quasi-religious movement based on Chavez's charismatic leadership, which he modeled after Martin Luther King Jr. and Gandhi. Chavez recognized that spiritual prophecy, or political spirituality, was the key to disrupting centuries-old dehumanizing narratives that conflated religion with race. Chavez's body became emblematic for Chicano identit. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (237 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780520959484 0520959485 9781322166377 1322166374 |