Devoted to death: Santa Muerte, the skeleton saint
R. Andrew Chesnut offers a portrayal of Santa Muerte, a skeleton saint whose cult has attracted millions of devotees in the past 8 years. As a personification of death, the Grim Reapress has become one of the most popular and powerful saints on both the Mexican and American religious landscapes
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| Tipo de documento: | Recurso Electrónico Livro |
| Idioma: | Inglês |
| Serviço de pedido Subito: | Pedir agora. |
| Verificar disponibilidade: | HBZ Gateway |
| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
| Publicado em: |
New York Oxford
Oxford University Press
2012
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| Em: | Ano: 2012 |
| Análises: | Devoted to Death: Santa Muerte, the Skeleton Saint (2013) (Moore, Rebecca, 1951 -)
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| Outras palavras-chave: | B
Death
Religious aspects
B Death (Personification) B Grim Reaper (Symbolic character) B Death ; Religious aspects B Mexico ; Religious life and customs B Mexico Religious life and customs |
| Acesso em linha: |
Volltext (Resolving-System; OUP) |
| Parallel Edition: | Erscheint auch als: 9780199764662 |
| Resumo: | R. Andrew Chesnut offers a portrayal of Santa Muerte, a skeleton saint whose cult has attracted millions of devotees in the past 8 years. As a personification of death, the Grim Reapress has become one of the most popular and powerful saints on both the Mexican and American religious landscapes |
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| Descrição do item: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Descrição Física: | 1 Online-Ressource (ix, 321 p), ill |
| ISBN: | 0-19-993253-0 978-0-19-993253-5 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199764662.001.0001 |
