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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| Medienart: | Elektronisch Buch |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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| Veröffentlicht: |
New York Oxford
Oxford University Press
2012
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| In: | Jahr: 2012 |
| normierte Schlagwort(-folgen): | B
Tod, Fiktive Gestalt
/ Sakralisierung
/ Lateinamerika
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B Santa Muerte, Fiktive Gestalt |
| weitere Schlagwörter: | B
Death
Religious aspects
B Death (Personification) B Grim Reaper (Symbolic character) B Death Religious aspects |
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| Parallele Ausgabe: | Nicht-Elektronisch
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| Zusammenfassung: | 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 |