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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| Type de support: | Électronique Livre |
| Langue: | Anglais |
| Service de livraison Subito: | Commander maintenant. |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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New York Oxford
Oxford University Press
2012
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| Dans: | Année: 2012 |
| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Mort, Personnage fictif
/ Sacralisation
/ Amérique latine
/ Adoration
B Santa Muerte, Personnage fictif |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Death
Religious aspects
B Death (Personification) B Grim Reaper (Symbolic character) B Death Religious aspects |
| Accès en ligne: |
Table des matières Volltext (Verlag) |
| Édition parallèle: | Non-électronique
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| Résumé: | 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 |