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cultural anthropology
des plaines
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latino
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mexican nationals
mexico city
nonfiction
performance
piety
pilgrimage
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tepeyac
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urban planning
virgin of guadalupe
worship
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- ISBN 9780520268340
- Weight: 318g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 12 Jun 2011
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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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. Pena 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.
Elaine A. Pena is Assistant Professor of American Studies at George Washington University.
