Guadalupe in New York Devotion and the Struggle for Citizenship Rights among Mexican Immigrants /

Gálvez, Alyshia.

Guadalupe in New York Devotion and the Struggle for Citizenship Rights among Mexican Immigrants / [Recurso electrónico] : Alyshia Gálvez. - New York : New York University Press, 2010. - 1 online resource (xvi, 237 p. :) ill., photographs ; - Book collections on Project MUSE. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-225) and index.

On citizenship, membership, and the right to have rights -- Los Comit's Guadalupanos and Asociación Tepeyac: their formation and context -- Our Lady of Guadalupe: the image and its circulation -- El viacrucis del inmigrante and other public processions -- La antorcha Guadalupana/the Guadalupan torch run: messengers for a people divided by the border -- Conclusion: Citizenship for immigrants -- Appendix: A note on methodology and the use of pseudonyms.

Libro Electrónico

9780814733134 0814733131




Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint --Devotion to--New York--New York.


Emigration and immigration--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Civil rights--United States.
Citizenship--United States.
Guadalupe, Our Lady of.
Mexican Americans--Religion.--New York--New York


United States--Emigration and immigration.


Electronic books.

BR563.M49 / G35 2010

305.868/7207471