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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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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New York Oxford
Oxford University Press
2012
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| In: | Year: 2012 |
| Reviews: | Devoted to Death: Santa Muerte, the Skeleton Saint (2013) (Moore, Rebecca, 1951 -)
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| Further subjects: | 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 |
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Volltext (Resolving-System; OUP) |
| Parallel Edition: | Erscheint auch als: 9780199764662 |
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