Borderlands saints
Subtitle: secular sanctity in Chicano/a and Mexican culture
By: Desirée A. Martín
Series: Latinidad: Transnational Cultures in the United States
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: New Brunswick, New Jersey
Language: eng
Number of pages: 254
ISBN-13: 9780813562346; 9780813562339; 9780813562353
Subjects: American literature; Mexican American authors; History and criticism; Mexican American literature (Spanish); Civilization; Mexican literature; Secularism in literature; Holy, The, in literature; Heroes in literature
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: The secular sanctity of borderlands saints; title: Saint of contradiction: Teresa Urrea, La Santa de Cabora; title: The remains of Pancho Villa; title: Canonizing César Chávez; title: Todos somos santos: Subcomandante Marcos and the EZLN; title: Illegal marginalizations: La Santísima Muerte; title: Conclusion: Narrative devotion.