Devoted to death: Santa Muerte, the skeleton saint
R. Andrew Chesnut offers a portrayal of Santa Muerte, a skeleton saint whose cult has attracted millions of devotees in the past 8 years. As a personification of death, the Grim Reapress has become one of the most popular and powerful saints on both the Mexican and American religious landscapes.
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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New York Oxford
Oxford University Press
2012
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| In: | Year: 2012 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Death, Fictitious character
/ Sacralization
/ Latin America
/ Veneration
B Santa Muerte |
| Further subjects: | B
Death
Religious aspects
B Death (Personification) B Grim Reaper (Symbolic character) B Death Religious aspects |
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Table of Contents Volltext (Verlag) |
| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
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| Summary: | R. Andrew Chesnut offers a portrayal of Santa Muerte, a skeleton saint whose cult has attracted millions of devotees in the past 8 years. As a personification of death, the Grim Reapress has become one of the most popular and powerful saints on both the Mexican and American religious landscapes. |
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| ISBN: | 0199932530 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199764662.001.0001 |