Performing piety : making space sacred with the Virgin of Guadalupe / Elaine A. Peña.
Material type: TextPublication details: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2011.Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 219 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9780520948808
- 0520948807
- 1283277913
- 9781283277914
- 9786613277916
- 6613277916
- Guadalupe, Our Lady of -- Cult
- Anthropology of religion -- Mexico
- Sacred space -- Mexico
- Gustavo A. Madero (Mexico City, Mexico) -- Religious life and customs
- Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe -- Culte
- Anthropologie religieuse -- Mexique
- Lieux sacrés -- Mexique
- RELIGION -- Christian Theology -- Christology
- RELIGION -- Christianity -- General
- Anthropology of religion
- Guadalupe, Our Lady of -- Cult
- Sacred space
- Mexico
- Mexico -- Gustavo A. Madero (Mexico City)
- Religion
- Philosophy & Religion
- Christianity
- 232.91/7097253 22
- BT660.G8 .P45 2011eb
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Electronic-Books | OPJGU Sonepat- Campus | E-Books EBSCO | Available |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-211) and index.
Introduction: Locating Transnational Devotion -- pt. 1. Building -- 1: Virgen de los Migrantes: Transposing Sacred Space in a Chicago Suburb -- pt. 2. Walking -- 2: "¡Qué risa me da!" (Oh, how it makes me laugh!) -- 3: Feeling History: Calambres, Ampoyas y Sed (Muscle Spasms, Blisters, and Thirst) -- pt. 3. Conquering -- 4: Devotion in the City: Building Sacred Space on Chicago's Far North Side -- Conclusion: Making Space Sacred -- Appendix: Pilgrimage Repertoire.
Print version record.
The Virgin of Guadalupe, though quintessentially Mexican, inspires devotion throughout the Americas and around the world. This study sheds new light on the long-standing transnational dimensions of Guadalupan worship by examining the production of sacred space in three disparate but interconnected locations--at the sacred space known as Tepeyac in Mexico City, at its replica in Des Plaines, Illinois, and at a sidewalk shrine constructed by Mexican nationals in Chicago. Weaving together rich on-the-ground observations with insights drawn from performance studies, Elaine A. Peña demonstrates how.
English.
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - Worldwide
There are no comments on this title.