San la Muerte : un métissage religieux insistant

This article proposes to trace the process of configuring the cult of San la Muerte in Argentina from archives, historical sources and ethnographic data. We begin by exploring the data that enable us to grasp how catholic and indigenous elements gradually combined at the time of the genesis of devot...

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Main Author: Maureen Burnot
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Language:English
Published: Société des américanistes 2024-09-01
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/jsa/23518
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description This article proposes to trace the process of configuring the cult of San la Muerte in Argentina from archives, historical sources and ethnographic data. We begin by exploring the data that enable us to grasp how catholic and indigenous elements gradually combined at the time of the genesis of devotion, before questioning the transformation of the amulet from an object of power to a popular saint over the course of the 20th century. From a simultaneously anthropological and historical approach, we show that San la Muerte combines elements of Guarani and Christian traditions, and constitutes a mixed and autonomous expression of the Argentinian identity.
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San la Muerte : un métissage religieux insistant
Journal de la Société des Américanistes
San la Muerte
interbreeding
hispano-guarani
jesuits
Corrientes
Argentina
title San la Muerte : un métissage religieux insistant
title_full San la Muerte : un métissage religieux insistant
title_fullStr San la Muerte : un métissage religieux insistant
title_full_unstemmed San la Muerte : un métissage religieux insistant
title_short San la Muerte : un métissage religieux insistant
title_sort san la muerte un metissage religieux insistant
topic San la Muerte
interbreeding
hispano-guarani
jesuits
Corrientes
Argentina
url https://journals.openedition.org/jsa/23518
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