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"Borderland Saints offers compelling portraits of popular and secular saints who exist unapologetically outside the realm of official church teaching." * Latino Studies *
"Addressing religion, spirituality and sanctity in Chicana/o culture, Borderlands Saints makesa significant contribution to a burgeoning area that demands critical attention." -- Carl Gutiérrez-Jones * University of California, Santa Barbara *
"Through Martín’s incisive critical textual analysis we come to see the borderlands—and the exchange there between devotees and saints—as an important site for the performance of secular sanctity. Borderlands Saints is an invaluable contribution to border studies." -- Laura G. Gutiérrez * author of Performing Mexicanidad: Vendidas y Cabareteras on the Transnational Stage *

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments

Introduction: The Secular Sanctity of Borderlands Saints
1. Saint of Contradictions: Teresa Urrea, La Santa de Cabora
2. The Remains of Pancho Villa
3. Canonizing César Chávez
4. "Todos Somos Santos": Subcomandante Marcos and the EZLN
5. Illegal Marginalizations: La Santísima Muerte
Conclusion: Narrative Devotion

Notes
Works Cited
Index

Borderlands Saints Secular Sanctity in Chicano Latinidad Transnational Cultures in the United States Secular Sanctity in Chicanoa and Mexican Culture

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      Publisher: MW - Rutgers University Press
      Publication Date: 12/19/2013 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780813562346, 978-0813562346
      ISBN10: 0813562341
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      Trade Review
      "Borderland Saints offers compelling portraits of popular and secular saints who exist unapologetically outside the realm of official church teaching." * Latino Studies *
      "Addressing religion, spirituality and sanctity in Chicana/o culture, Borderlands Saints makesa significant contribution to a burgeoning area that demands critical attention." -- Carl Gutiérrez-Jones * University of California, Santa Barbara *
      "Through Martín’s incisive critical textual analysis we come to see the borderlands—and the exchange there between devotees and saints—as an important site for the performance of secular sanctity. Borderlands Saints is an invaluable contribution to border studies." -- Laura G. Gutiérrez * author of Performing Mexicanidad: Vendidas y Cabareteras on the Transnational Stage *

      Table of Contents
      Acknowledgments

      Introduction: The Secular Sanctity of Borderlands Saints
      1. Saint of Contradictions: Teresa Urrea, La Santa de Cabora
      2. The Remains of Pancho Villa
      3. Canonizing César Chávez
      4. "Todos Somos Santos": Subcomandante Marcos and the EZLN
      5. Illegal Marginalizations: La Santísima Muerte
      Conclusion: Narrative Devotion

      Notes
      Works Cited
      Index

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