For over a decade the cult of La Santa Muerte has grown rapidly in Mexico and the United States. Thousands of people--ranging from drug runners and mothers to cabdrivers, soldiers, police, and prison inmates--invoke the protection of La Santa Muerte. Devotees seek her protection through practicing popular vows, attending public rosaries and masses at street altars, and constructing and maintaining home altars.
This book examines La Santa Muerte's role in people's daily lives and explores how popular religious practices of worship and devotion developed around a figure often associated with illicit activities. She represents life with the possibility of respite but without ultimate redemption, and she speaks to the complexities of lives lived at the fringes of violence, insecurity, impunity, and economic hardship. The essays collected here move beyond the visually arresting sight of La Santa Muerte as a tattoo or figurine, suggesting that she represents a major movement in Mexico.
Detalles
Formato
Tapa suave
Número de Páginas
248
Lenguaje
Inglés
Editorial
University of New Mexico Press
Fecha de Publicación
2021-08-01
Dimensiones
9.0" x 6.0" x 0.57" pulgadas
Letra Grande
No
Con Ilustraciones
No
Temas
Mexicano
Acerca del Autor
Pansters, Wil G.
strong>Wil G. Pansters is a professor of social and political anthropology of Latin America at Utrecht University. He is the editor of Violence, Coercion, and State-Making in Twentieth-Century Mexico: The Other Half of the Centaur.
Descripción
For over a decade the cult of La Santa Muerte has grown rapidly in Mexico and the United States. Thousands of people--ranging from drug runners and mothers to cabdrivers, soldiers, police, and prison inmates--invoke the protection of La Santa Muerte. Devotees seek her protection through practicing popular vows, attending public rosaries and masses at street altars, and constructing and maintaining home altars.
This book examines La Santa Muerte's role in people's daily lives and explores how popular religious practices of worship and devotion developed around a figure often associated with illicit activities. She represents life with the possibility of respite but without ultimate redemption, and she speaks to the complexities of lives lived at the fringes of violence, insecurity, impunity, and economic hardship. The essays collected here move beyond the visually arresting sight of La Santa Muerte as a tattoo or figurine, suggesting that she represents a major movement in Mexico.
Detalles
Formato
Tapa dura
Número de Páginas
248
Lenguaje
Inglés
Editorial
University of New Mexico Press
Fecha de Publicación
2019-09-01
Dimensiones
9.0" x 6.0" x 0.69" pulgadas
Letra Grande
No
Con Ilustraciones
Si
Temas
Mexicano
Acerca del Autor
Pansters, Wil G.
Wil G. Pansters is a professor of cultural anthropology at Utrecht University. He is the editor of Violence, Coercion, and State-Making in Twentieth-Century Mexico: The Other Half of the Centaur.
La Santa Muerte in Mexico: History, Devotion, and Society
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