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Performing piety : making space sacred with the Virgin of Guadalupe /
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 l...
| Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
©2011.
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
| Résumé: | 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. |
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| Description matérielle: | 1 online resource (xiii, 219 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-211) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780520948808 0520948807 1283277913 9781283277914 9786613277916 6613277916 |