Holy Death in the Time of Coronavirus: Santa Muerte, the Salubrious Saint
As Santa Muerte prayer cards and candles circulate in Mexico with petitions of protection against COVID-19, we consider death as doctor in these tumultuous times proving that the folk saint of death is not solely a narco-saint, as the press depicts, but is supplicated for miracles of COVID healing a...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Springer International Publishing
[2020]
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| Dans: |
International journal of Latin American religions
Année: 2020, Volume: 4, Numéro: 2, Pages: 194-217 |
| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Mexiko
/ Santa Muerte, Personnage fictif
/ Guérisseur
/ Covid-19
/ Pandémie
/ Saint patron
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociologie des religions AG Vie religieuse AZ Nouveau mouvement religieux KBR Amérique Latine |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Coronavirus
B Death B Healing B Mexico B Santa Muerte B folk saint |
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| Résumé: | As Santa Muerte prayer cards and candles circulate in Mexico with petitions of protection against COVID-19, we consider death as doctor in these tumultuous times proving that the folk saint of death is not solely a narco-saint, as the press depicts, but is supplicated for miracles of COVID healing and protection from the virus. We not only reveal the importance of religion for coping with pandemics but also focus on the notion of death as healing and as a giver of life. We decolonize knowledge of Santa Muerte and explore the saint’s syncretic origins, hailing not only from the European Grim Reaper during times of plague but also from Indigenous thanatological epistemologies that account for her dual powers of gifting life and also doling out death. |
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| ISSN: | 2509-9965 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: International journal of Latin American religions
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/s41603-020-00110-6 |