Profane & sacred
Subtitle: Latino/a American writers reveal the interplay of the secular and the religious
By: Bridget Kevane.
Series: Celebrating faith
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Lanham
Language: eng
Number of pages: 151
ISBN-13: 9780742543140; 9780742543157
Subjects: American fiction -- Hispanic American authors -- History and criticism; American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism; American fiction -- 21st century -- History and criticism; Religion in literature; Secularism in literature
Other titles: Profane and sacred
Description: "Profane & Sacred examines religious discourse in contemporary Latino/a fiction, exploring how religion creates, mediates, or changes Latino/a culture and identity. Much contemporary literary criticism on Latino/a literature has focused on the bilingual and bicultural nature of Latino/a identity, history, and cultural production. But just as the multiplicity of cultures and languages has shaped Latino/a identity and history, so too has religion. Studying the religious discourse found in fiction can clearly enrich not only our perception of the diversity within the Hispanic communities, but also the diversity between sociologists and creative writers."--BOOK JACKET
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Violence, faith, and active miracles in East Los Angeles : Their dogs came with them and The miraculous day of Amalia Gómez; title: The meaning of Consuelo and Chango's fire : Latino Puerto Rican theology; title: Spiritual revolutions : God and Trujillo in In the time of the butterflies and Geographies of home; title: The secret Jew : Days of awe and A simple Habana melody (from when the world was good).