Borderlands Saints: Secular Sanctity in Chicano/a and Mexican Culture

by Desirée A. Martín

Book Overview

Winner of the 2014 Latina/o Studies Section - LASA Outstanding Book Award

In Borderlands Saints, Desir e A. Mart n examines the rise and fall of popular saints and saint-like figures in the borderlands of the United States and Mexico. Focusing specifically on Teresa Urrea (La Santa de Cabora), Pancho Villa, C sar Ch vez, Subcomandante Marcos, and Santa Muerte, she traces the intersections of these figures, their devotees,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813562341
• ISBN13: 9780813562346
• Release Date: December 2013
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"