Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface vii
4. Introduction 1
5. Companion in Exile: Guadalupan Devotion at San Fernando Cathedral, San Antonio, Texas, 1900-1940 17
6. "The Real Way of Praying": The Via Crucis, Mexicano Sacred Space, and the Architecture of Domination 41
7. Dias de los Muertos: Public Ritual, Community Renewal, and Popular Religion in Los Angeles 69
8. "Soy una Curandera y Soy una Catolica": The Poetics of a Mexican Healing Tradition 95
9. The Symbolic World of Mexican American Religion 119
10. Mexican Religious Practices, Popular Catholicism, and the Development of Doctrine 139
11. Notes 153
12. Selected Bibliography 171
13. Contributors 181
14. Index 183