Guadalupe in New York :: devotion and the struggle for citizenship rights among Mexican immigrants /

Every December 12th, thousands of Mexican immigrants gather for the mass at New York City's St. Patrick's Cathedral in honor of Our Lady of Guadalupe's feast day. They kiss images of the Virgin, wait for a bishop's blessing-and they also carry signs asking for immigration reform,...

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1. Verfasser: Gálvez, Alyshia
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York : New York University Press, ©2010.
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Zusammenfassung:Every December 12th, thousands of Mexican immigrants gather for the mass at New York City's St. Patrick's Cathedral in honor of Our Lady of Guadalupe's feast day. They kiss images of the Virgin, wait for a bishop's blessing-and they also carry signs asking for immigration reform, much like political protestors. It is this juxtaposition of religion and politics that Alyshia Gálvez investigates in Guadalupe in New York . The Virgin of Guadalupe is a profound symbol for Mexican and Mexican-American Catholics and the patron saint of their country. Her name has been invoked in war and in peace, and.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xvi, 237 pages) : illustrations, photographs
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-225) and index.
ISBN:9780814733134
0814733131
081473233X
9780814732335

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