Devoted to death: Santa Muerte, the skeleton saint

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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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Full title :Devoted to death : Santa Muerte, the skeleton saint / R. Andrew Chesnut.

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Publication Date:2012.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
Place of Publication:New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:2012.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (ix, 321 p.) : : illustrations

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780199932535, 0199932530
oclc:ocn939856117
LC Classification:BL504
Dewey Decimal:202.3

Subjects

Death -- Religious aspects Death (Personification) Faucheuse (Personnage symbolique) Grim Reaper (Symbolic character) Mexico Mexico -- Religious life and customs Mort -- Aspect religieux Mort (Personnification)