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Performing Piety

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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...
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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. Peña 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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Price: $95.00
Pages: 234
Publisher: University of California Press
Imprint: University of California Press
Publication Date: 12 June 2011
Trim Size: 9.00 X 6.00 in
ISBN: 9780520268333
Format: Hardcover
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“[A] lively and truly transnational study.”
Elaine A. Peña is Assistant Professor of American Studies at George Washington University.
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments

Introduction: Locating Transnational Devotion

Part I. BUILDING
1. Virgen de los Migrantes: Transposing Sacred Space in a Chicago Suburb

Part II. WALKING
2. “¡Qué risa me da!” (Oh, how it makes me laugh!)
3. Feeling History: Calambres, Ampoyas y Sed (Muscle Spasms, Blisters, and Thirst)

Part III. CONQUERING
4. Devotion in the City: Building Sacred Space on Chicago’s Far North Side

Conclusion: Making Space Sacred

Appendix: Pilgrimage Repertoire
Notes
Bibliography
Index