Guadalupe in New York
Subtitle: devotion and the struggle for citizenship rights among Mexican immigrants
By: Alyshia Gálvez.
Publisher: New York University; NYU Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780814732144; 9780814732151
Subjects: Mary, -- Blessed Virgin, Saint -- Devotion to -- New York -- New York; Mexican Americans -- New York -- New York -- Religion; Guadalupe, Our Lady of; Citizenship -- United States; Civil rights -- United States; Emigration and immigration -- Religious aspects -- Christianity; United States -- Emigration and immigration
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: On citizenship, membership, and the right to have rights; title: Los Comit's Guadalupanos and Asociación Tepeyac : their formation and context; title: Our Lady of Guadalupe : the image and its circulation; title: El viacrucis del inmigrante and other public processions; title: La antorcha Guadalupana/the Guadalupan torch run : messengers for a people divided by the border; title: Conclusion: Citizenship for immigrants; title: Appendix: A note on methodology and the use of pseudonyms.