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Performing Piety

Making Space Sacred with the Virgin of Guadalupe

Performing Piety

Making Space Sacred with the Virgin of Guadalupe

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Hardback

£80.00

Publisher: University of California Press
ISBN: 9780520268333
Number of Pages: 234
Published: 12/06/2011
Width: 15.2 cm
Height: 22.9 cm
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.
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. "!Que 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

Elaine A. Pena

Elaine A. Pena is Assistant Professor of American Studies at George Washington University.

"[A] lively and truly transnational study." -- Deborah Kanter Hispanic American Historical Review "I strongly suggest religion and art students read this book." -- Jeremy W. H. Arnold, Graduate Theological Union Religious Studies Review