Secular Sanctity in Chicano/a and Mexican Culture
by
Desirée A. Martín
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2013
In Borderlands Saints, Desirée A. Martín examines the rise and fall of popular saints and saint-like figures in the borderlands of the United States and Mexico. Focusing specifically on Teresa Urrea (La Santa de Cabora), Pancho Villa, César Chávez, Subcomandante Marcos, and Santa Muerte, she traces...