Mexican American Religions Spirituality, Activism, and Culture Edited by Gaston Espinosa and Mario T. Garcia
Description
History and interpretations of Mexican American religions -- History and theory in the study of Mexican American religions / Gast{acute}on Espinosa -- Pious colonialism : assessing a church paradigm for Chicano identity / Anthony M. Stevens-Arroyo -- Mexican American mystics and prophets -- Sacred order, sacred space : Reies L{ostrok}pez Tijerina and the Valle de Paz community / Rudy V. Busto -- The secularization and sanctification of Cosar Chavez / Stephen R. Lloyd-Moffett -- Religion and the Chicano Movement : Cat{ostrok}licos por la raza / Mario T. Garc{ostrok}a -- Mexican American popular Catholicism -- Our Lady of Guadalupe and the politics of cultural interpretation / Socorro Casta{ostrok}eda-Liles -- Voces de Fe : Mexican American altaristas in Texas / Kay Turner -- Los pastores and the gendered politics of location / Richard R. Flores -- Mexican American religions and literature -- The religious vision of Gloria Anzald{ostrok}a : borderlands, la frontera as a shamanic space / Dav{ostrok}d Carrasco and Roberto Lint Sagarena -- Voice and vision in Chicana religious practice : the literary re-elaborations of Mary Helen Ponce, Denise Chavez, and Sandra Cisneros / Ellen McCracken -- Mexican American religions and healing -- Brown Moses : Francisco Olaz{ostrok}bal and Mexican American Pentecostal healing in the Borderlands / Gast{ostrok}n Espinosa -- "Soy una curandera y soy una cat{ostrok}lica" : the poetics of a Mexican healing tradition / Luis D. Le{ostrok}n -- Mexican American religions and pop culture -- Luis Valdez's la pastorela : "the Shepherds' play" : tradition, hybridity, and transformation / Mar{ostrok}a Herrera-Sobek -- Hybrid spiritualities and Chicana altar-based art : the work of Amalia Mesa-Bains / Laura E. P{ostrok}rez -- Mexican Madonna : Selena and the politics of cultural redemption / Gaston Espinosa -- Conclusion: Reflections on Mexican American religions and culture.
x, 443 p. :ill. ;24 cm.