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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.

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Book category Books in English Humanities Religion & beliefs Christianity

• Full title: Performing Piety
• Subtitle: Making Space Sacred with the Virgin of Guadalupe
• Author: Elaine A. Pena
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 234
• EAN: 9780520268333
• ISBN: 0520268334
• ID: 04618064
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Weight: 450 g
• Dimensions: 236 × 153 × 19 mm
• Date of publishing: 12. June 2011

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