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Revelation in Aztlan: Scriptures, Utopias, and the Chicano Movement
Jacqueline M. Hidalgo
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Description for Revelation in Aztlan: Scriptures, Utopias, and the Chicano Movement
Hardback. Series: The Bible and Cultural Studies. Num Pages: 325 pages, 3 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HRAM; HRLK; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 221 x 24. Weight in Grams: 568.
Bridging the fields of Religion and Latina/o Studies, this book fills a gap by examining the spiritual rhetoric and practices of the Chicano movement. Bringing new theoretical life to biblical studies and Chicana/o writings from the 1960s, such as El Plan Espiritual de Aztlan and El Plan de Santa Barbara, Jacqueline M. Hidalgo boldly makes the case that peoples, for whom historical memories of displacement loom large, engage scriptures in order to make and contest homes. Movement literature drew upon and defied the scriptural legacies of Revelation, a Christian scriptural text that also carries a displaced homing dream. ... Read more
Bridging the fields of Religion and Latina/o Studies, this book fills a gap by examining the spiritual rhetoric and practices of the Chicano movement. Bringing new theoretical life to biblical studies and Chicana/o writings from the 1960s, such as El Plan Espiritual de Aztlan and El Plan de Santa Barbara, Jacqueline M. Hidalgo boldly makes the case that peoples, for whom historical memories of displacement loom large, engage scriptures in order to make and contest homes. Movement literature drew upon and defied the scriptural legacies of Revelation, a Christian scriptural text that also carries a displaced homing dream. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Series
The Bible and Cultural Studies
Condition
New
Number of Pages
314
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137592132
SKU
V9781137592132
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About Jacqueline M. Hidalgo
Jacqueline M. Hidalgo is Assistant Professor of Latina/o Studies and Religion at Williams College in Massachusetts, USA.
Reviews for Revelation in Aztlan: Scriptures, Utopias, and the Chicano Movement
Revelaon in Aztlan is a must-read for anyone interested in the Chicanx movement and contemporary biblical scholarship. It is a bold and eloquent work written by a scholar for an audience of scholars. ... Hidalgo's work provides a template for understanding an oppressed community from a tumultuous era in the last century, but it also opens new opportunies to reflect ... Read more