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Open Your Heart: Religion and Cultural Poetics of Greater Mexico

Open Your Heart: Religion and Cultural Poetics of Greater Mexico

Sandell, David P.

Paperback

Series: Latino Perspectives

General ChristianityGeneral SociologyLatino Studies

ISBN10: 0268041466
ISBN13: 9780268041465
Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
Published: Apr 15 2015
Pages: 240
Weight: 0.70
Height: 0.70 Width: 5.90 Depth: 8.90
Language: English

In this ethnography of Catholic religious practice in Fresno, California, David P. Sandell unveils ritualized storytelling that Mexican and Mexican American people of faith use to cope with racism and poverty associated with colonial, capitalist, and modern social conditions. Based on in-depth interviews and extensive field research conducted in 2000 and 2001, Sandell's work shows how people use story and religious ritual (including the Matachines dance, the Mass, the rosary, pilgrimage, and processions) to create a space in their lives free from oppression. These people give meaning to the expression open your heart, the book argues, through ritual and stories, enabling them to engage the mind and body in a movement toward, as one participant said, the sacred center of their lives.

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