Santa Muerte devotion: vulnerability, protection, intimacy
In recent decades the cult of Santa Muerte has become a remarkable phenomenon in Mexico's popular religious landscape, from where it has migrated abroad. Due to the uncommon iconography of the robed skeleton and the association with criminality, the Santa Muerte cult has been the object of publ...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge
Cambridge University Press
2025
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| In: | Year: 2025 |
| Series/Journal: | Cambridge elements. Elements in new religious movements
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| Further subjects: | B
Santa Muerte (Mexican deity)
Cult
Customs and practices
B Idols and images (Mexico) B Mexico Religious life and customs B Death Religious aspects (Mexico) |
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| Parallel Edition: | Erscheint auch als: 9781009619707 |
| Summary: | In recent decades the cult of Santa Muerte has become a remarkable phenomenon in Mexico's popular religious landscape, from where it has migrated abroad. Due to the uncommon iconography of the robed skeleton and the association with criminality, the Santa Muerte cult has been the object of public controversy. This Element deconstructs mainstream views of Santa Muerte devotion by privileging the voices and practices of devotees. Counterintuitively, Santa Muerte devotion is about assuring a good life in health, work, love, justice, and security. Notwithstanding the cult's rapid growth and public visibility since 2000, it is deeply embedded in Mexico's religious and cultural history. The analysis of material culture, theology, and ritual demonstrates the importance of devotional intimacy. This Element also studies how gender, family, leadership, and political relations intersect with the cult. Santa Muerte popular religiosity is examined in terms of socioeconomic vulnerabilities, ineffective social protections, exclusion, and existential insecurities. |
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| Item Description: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 25 Feb 2025) |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (81 pages), digital, PDF file(s). |
| ISBN: | 1009446630 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/9781009446631 |