Borderlands saints : secular sanctity in Chicano/a and Mexican culture /
Martín, Desirée A., 1972-
Borderlands saints : secular sanctity in Chicano/a and Mexican culture / Desirée A. Martín. - New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, (c)2014. - 1 online resource. - Latinidad: Transnational Cultures in the United States .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction: The secular sanctity of borderlands saints -- Saint of contradiction: Teresa Urrea, La Santa de Cabora -- The remains of Pancho Villa -- Canonizing César Chávez -- Todos somos santos: Subcomandante Marcos and the EZLN -- Illegal marginalizations: La Santísima Muerte -- Conclusion: Narrative devotion.
9781461954002 9780813562353
American literature--Mexican American authors--History and criticism.
Mexican American literature (Spanish)--History and criticism.
Mexican literature--History and criticism.
Secularism in literature.
Holy, The, in literature.
Heroes in literature.
Electronic Books.
PQ7070 / .B673 2014
Borderlands saints : secular sanctity in Chicano/a and Mexican culture / Desirée A. Martín. - New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, (c)2014. - 1 online resource. - Latinidad: Transnational Cultures in the United States .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction: The secular sanctity of borderlands saints -- Saint of contradiction: Teresa Urrea, La Santa de Cabora -- The remains of Pancho Villa -- Canonizing César Chávez -- Todos somos santos: Subcomandante Marcos and the EZLN -- Illegal marginalizations: La Santísima Muerte -- Conclusion: Narrative devotion.
9781461954002 9780813562353
American literature--Mexican American authors--History and criticism.
Mexican American literature (Spanish)--History and criticism.
Mexican literature--History and criticism.
Secularism in literature.
Holy, The, in literature.
Heroes in literature.
Electronic Books.
PQ7070 / .B673 2014