Devoted to death Santa Muerte, the skeleton saint
R. Andrew Chesnut offers a portrayal of Santa Muerte, a skeleton saint whose cult has attracted millions of devotees in the past 8 years. As a personification of death, the Grim Reapress has become one of the most popular and powerful saints on both the Mexican and American religious landscapes
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York
Oxford University Press
2012, 2012
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| Collection: | Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | R. Andrew Chesnut offers a portrayal of Santa Muerte, a skeleton saint whose cult has attracted millions of devotees in the past 8 years. As a personification of death, the Grim Reapress has become one of the most popular and powerful saints on both the Mexican and American religious landscapes |
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| Physical Description: | ix, 321 p. ill |
| ISBN: | 9780199932535 0199932530 |