Myriam Lamrani

The Intimacy of Images

Saints, Death, and Devotion to La Santa Muerte in Oaxaca

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Produktbeschreibung

La Santa Muerte becomes a lens for understanding how Oaxacans relate to saints, loved ones, and other "special dead."

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Texas Press
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Mai 2025
• Englisch
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9781477330029
• ISBN-10: 147733002X
• Artikelnr.: 71986591

Autorenporträt

Myriam Lamrani is an Associate in the Department of Anthropology at Harvard University, where she previously served as Marie Sk¿odowska-Curie Fellow from 2021 to 2024.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction. The Intimacy of Images
2. Part I. On Images and Saint Death
* Chapter 1. The Oscillating Image: The Saints Misunderstood
* Chapter 2. The Souls of the Dream: Oneiric Images
3. Part II. On Intimacy and Devotion
* Chapter 3. Intimate Aesthetics: On Closeness with the Images
* Chapter 4. Intimate Constellations: The Living, the Dead
4. Part III. Beyond Intimacy and the Image
* Chapter 5. Transcendent Images: Saints on the Move beyond the
Mexico-US Border
* Chapter 6. Transintimacy: The Ultimate Intimacy
5. Concluding Remarks. Transintimacy: Kindred Images
6. Acknowledgments
7. Notes
8. References
9. Index