Performing piety [electronic resource] : making space sacred with the Virgin of Guadalupe / Elaine A. Peña.
2011
BT660.G8 P45 2011eb
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Performing piety [electronic resource] : making space sacred with the Virgin of Guadalupe / Elaine A. Peña.
Author
Peña, Elaine A., 1979-
ISBN
9780520948808 (electronic bk.)
9780520268333
9780520268340 (pbk.)
9780520268333
9780520268340 (pbk.)
Publication Details
Berkeley : University of California Press, c2011.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xiii, 219 p.) : ill., maps.
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BT660.G8 P45 2011eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
232.91/7097253
Summary
The Virgin of Guadalupe, though quintessentially Mexican, inspires devotion throughout the Americas and around the world. This study sheds new light on the long-standing transnational dimensions of Guadalupan worship by examining the production of sacred space in three disparate but interconnected locations - at the sacred space known as Tepeyac in Mexico City, at its replica in Des Plaines, Illinois, and at a sidewalk shrine constructed by Mexican nationals in Chicago. Weaving together rich on-the-ground observations with insights drawn from performance studies, Elaine A. Pena demonstrates how devotees' rituals - pilgrimage, prayers, and festivals - develop, sustain, and legitimize these sacred spaces. Interdisciplinary in scope, "Performing Piety" paints a nuanced picture of the lived experience of Guadalupan devotion in which different forms of knowing, socio-economic and political coping tactics, conceptions of history, and faith-based traditions circulate within and between sacred spaces.
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The Virgin of Guadalupe, though quintessentially Mexican, inspires devotion throughout the Americas and around the world. This study sheds new light on the long-standing transnational dimensions of Guadalupan worship by examining the production of sacred space in three disparate but interconnected locations - at the sacred space known as Tepeyac in Mexico City, at its replica in Des Plaines, Illinois, and at a sidewalk shrine constructed by Mexican nationals in Chicago. Weaving together rich on-the-ground observations with insights drawn from performance studies, Elaine A. Pena demonstrates how devotees' rituals - pilgrimage, prayers, and festivals - develop, sustain, and legitimize these sacred spaces. Interdisciplinary in scope, "Performing Piety" paints a nuanced picture of the lived experience of Guadalupan devotion in which different forms of knowing, socio-economic and political coping tactics, conceptions of history, and faith-based traditions circulate within and between sacred spaces.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
Introduction: Locating Transnational Devotion
pt. 1. Building
1: Virgen de los Migrantes: Transposing Sacred Space in a Chicago Suburb
pt. 2. Walking
2: "¡Qué risa me da!" (Oh, how it makes me laugh!)
3: Feeling History: Calambres, Ampoyas y Sed (Muscle Spasms, Blisters, and Thirst)
pt. 3. Conquering
4: Devotion in the City: Building Sacred Space on Chicago's Far North Side
Conclusion: Making Space Sacred
Appendix: Pilgrimage Repertoire.
pt. 1. Building
1: Virgen de los Migrantes: Transposing Sacred Space in a Chicago Suburb
pt. 2. Walking
2: "¡Qué risa me da!" (Oh, how it makes me laugh!)
3: Feeling History: Calambres, Ampoyas y Sed (Muscle Spasms, Blisters, and Thirst)
pt. 3. Conquering
4: Devotion in the City: Building Sacred Space on Chicago's Far North Side
Conclusion: Making Space Sacred
Appendix: Pilgrimage Repertoire.