Undocumented saints: the politics of migrating devotions

The book looks at five vernacular saints that have emerged in Mexico and have migrated into the US in the last one hundred years. Each chapter contextualises a particular vernacular saint within broader discourses about the construction of masculinity and the state, the long history of violence agai...

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Main Author: Calvo-Quiros, William A. (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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WorldCat: WorldCat
Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: New York Oxford University Press 2022
In:Year: 2022
Reviews:[Rezension von: Calvo-Quiros, William A., Undocumented saints : the politics of migrating devotions] (2025) (Nabhan-Warren, Kristy)
Series/Journal:Oxford scholarship online
Further subjects:B Christian saints Cult (Mexico)
B Mexico Emigration and immigration
B Folk Religion (Mexico)
B Folk Religion Political aspects (Mexico)
B United States Emigration and immigration
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Parallel Edition:Non-electronic