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The widespread cult of the Mexican saint Nino Fidencio is based on faith healing performed by devotees who channel his powers. Spanish America has produced numerous "folk saints" -- venerated figures regarded as miraculous but not officially recognized by the Catholic Church. Nino Compadrito is an elegantly dressed skeleton of a child, whose miraculous powers are derived in part from an

• Title : Cultures of Devotion: Folk Saints of Spanish America
• Author : Frank Graziano
• Rating : 4.71 (652 Vote)
• Publish : 2014-3-7
• Format : Hardcover
• Pages : 336 Pages
• Asin : 0195171306
• Language : English

The widespread cult of the Mexican saint Nino Fidencio is based on faith healing performed by devotees who channel his powers. Spanish America has produced numerous "folk saints" -- venerated figures regarded as miraculous but not officially recognized by the Catholic Church. Nino Compadrito is an elegantly dressed skeleton of a child, whose miraculous powers are derived in part from an Andean belief in the power of the skull of one who has suffered a tragic death. Gaucho Gil is only one of many gaucho saints, whose characteristic narrative involves political injustice and Robin-Hood crimes on behalf of the exploited people. Some of these have huge national cults with hundreds -- perhaps millions -- of devotees. Among the six primary cases are Difunta Correa, at whose shrines devotees offer bottles of water and used auto parts in commemoration of her tragic death in the Argentinean desert. In the process he sheds new light on the often fraught relationship between orthodox Catholicism and folk beliefs and on an important and little-studied facet of the dynamic culture of contemporary Spanish America.. These case studies are illuminated by comparisons to some hundred additional saints from contemporary Spanish America. Graziano draws upon site visits and extensive interviews with devotees, archival material, media reports, and documentaries to produce vivid portraits of these fascinating popular movements. In this book Frank Graziano provides the first overview in any

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The book will be of interest to those who are drawn to the cult of saints, Latin American religiosity, and the plethora of visual and cultural material that accompanies these devotions." --Material Religion "A highly readable, thoughtful book. "Graziano's work is an excellent, unique contribution to the study of religion in Latin America, dispelling simplistic characterizations of Latin American Catholicism." --Choice"A delightfully well-written and critical plunge into the ethnography of pious saintly devotion. Academics will invariably find it thought provoking, but it will also appeal to non-specialists and students. Cultures of Devotion is a major ethnography of saintly ethics in Latin America, and it should serve as a key reference on the subject for years to come." --Anthropology and Humanism"Frank Graziano's study is an important contribution to scholarly work that pays serious attention to the faith lives and practices of marginalized populations. The author, who is a literary criti