Folk Saints of the Borderlands: Victims, Bandits, and Healers
ISBN-13:
9781887896511
ISBN-10:
1887896511
Edition:
Illustrated
Author:
James S. Griffith
Publication date:
2003
Publisher:
Rio Nuevo Publishers
Format:
Paperback
172 pages
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ISBN-13:
9781887896511
ISBN-10:
1887896511
Edition:
Illustrated
Author:
James S. Griffith
Publication date:
2003
Publisher:
Rio Nuevo Publishers
Format:
Paperback
172 pages
Summary
Folk Saints of the Borderlands: Victims, Bandits, and Healers (ISBN-13: 9781887896511 and ISBN-10: 1887896511), written by authors
James S. Griffith, was published by Rio Nuevo Publishers in 2003.
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This extraordinary exploration of the frontiers of spirituality is the latest work of celebrated Southwestern folklorist James S. "Big Jim" Griffith.
In Folk Saints of the Borderlands: Victims, Bandits, and Healers, Griffith introduces us to some unforgettable saints-in-the-making (or not). Meet:•Juan Soldado ("John Soldier") of Tijuana, miracle worker and unofficial patron saint and protector of illegal immigrants. But was the real Juan a martyr or a murderer?
•Jesus Malverde, stagecoach robber and Robin Hood figure of nineteenth-century Sinaloa, Mexico, who has become the narcosanto, or saint of the drug dealers.
•Pancho Villa, bandit, revolutionary general, and invader of New Mexico. Since his assassination in 1923 he has gained a reputation as a spiritual helper, but women who channel his spirit are advised to beware. Even in the afterlife he's a "groper."
•El Nino Fidencio, a childlike, playful figure who loved to sing, dance and dress up, began his career as a healer at the age of eight
The New York Times praises Griffith: "He writes of the beliefs and customs of people far different from himself with a gentle tone and spirit of restraint and simple decency." 24 black-and-white photographs and illustrations
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