"This Land Is Holy!" Intersections of Politics and Spirituality in Luis Alberto Urrea’s <i>The Hummingbird’s Daughter</i>

"This Land Is Holy!" Intersections of Politics and Spirituality in Luis Alberto Urrea’s <i>The Hummingbird’s Daughter</i>

<p>This essay discusses the intersections of politics and spirituality during the Porfiriato era in Mexico, an oppressive period that initiated northward migration into the United States; specifically, Lopez examines Luis Alberto Urrea’s 2005 novel, <em>The Hummingbird’s Daughter</em&...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Christina Garcia Lopez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eScholarship Publishing, University of California 2016-07-01
Series:Journal of Transnational American Studies
Subjects:
transnational
american studies
spirituality
folk religion
migration
historical fiction
state violence
folk healing
porfiriato
border studies
chicano/a studies
mexican american studies
luis alberto urrea
teresita
Online Access:http://escholarship.org/uc/item/5390g91k

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