Devotional Politics as States of Exception: Santa Muerte’s Challenge to Church and State Sovereignties
In this paper, I argue that popular veneration of Santa Muerte challenges state and church sovereignty in Mexico. In turn, I look at “deviance” as a rich theoretical space through which to consider adoration of the saint among criminal and transgender communities and the ways in which she provides a...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group
[2020]
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Political theology
Year: 2020, Volume: 21, Issue: 7, Pages: 591-605 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Santa Muerte
/ Mexico
/ Sovereignty
/ Resistance
/ Crime
/ Transgender
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| RelBib Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion KBR Latin America ZC Politics in general |
| Further subjects: | B
Criminal
B popular religion B Sovereignty B Queer B Santa Muerte B Transgender B s indecent justice |
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Volltext (Resolving-System) |