Llorona's Children Religion, Life, and Death in the U. S. -Mexican Borderlands

Name: Llorona's Children Religion, Life, and Death in the U. S. -Mexican Borderlands
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ISBN: 9780520223516

ISBN-10: 0520223519

ISBN-13: 9780520223516

Edition: 2005

Authors: Luis D. Leï¿½n, Luis D. Leï¿½n

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Luis D. Leoacute;n's compelling, innovative exploration of religion in the U.S.-Mexican borderlands issues a fundamental challenge to current scholarship in the field and recharts the landscape of Chicano faith.La Llorona's Childrenconstructs genealogies of the major traditions spanning Mexico City, East Los Angeles, and the southwestern United States: Guadalupe devotion,curanderismo, espiritualismo,and evangelical/ Pentecostal traditions. Leoacute;n theorizes a religious poetics that functions as an effective and subversive survival tactic akin to crossing the U.S.-Mexican border. He claims that, when examined in terms of broad categorical religious forms and intentions, these traditions…

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List price: $34.95
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 4/29/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 331
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English

Luis D. Leon is visiting assistant professor in Ethnic Studies and Religious Studies at the University of California, Berkeley.



Preface


Introduction. In Search of La Llorona's Children: Reimagining Religion



The Terror of Postcolonial History: Eternal Returns in the Borderlands



Virtual Virgin Nation: Mexico City as Sacred Center of Memory



Religious Transnationalism: A Mexican Virgin in L.A.



El Don: The Gift of Healing, from Mesoamerica to the Borderlands



Diaspora Spirits: From the Virgin city to the City of Angels



Born Again in East L.A., and Beyond


Conclusion. Fin de Siglo in the Borderlands: So Far from God, So Close to the United States


Notes


Index