The making of saints contesting sacred ground - Hopgood, James F.; ebrary, Inc. (Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, 2005)
Saints and near-saints in transition : the sacred, the secular, and the popular / June Macklin -- The making of saints and the vicissitudes of charisma in Netivot, Israel / Yoram Bilu -- Presence of the king : the vitality of the image of King Chulalongkorn for modern urban Thailand / Irene Stengs -- Evita : a case of political canonization / Roberto Bosca -- Desperately seeking something : Che Guevara as secular saint / Phyllis Passariello -- Teresa Urrea, Santa de Cabora, and early Chicana? : the politics of representation, identity, and social memory / Gillian E. Newell -- Spirits of a holy land : place and time in a modern Mexican religious movement / William Breen Murray -- Saints and stars : sainthood for the 21st century / James F. Hopgood -- I quit my job for a funeral : the mourning and empowering of a Japanese rock star / Carolyn S. Stevens -- Popular culture canonization : Elvis Presley as saint and savior / Erika Doss -- Saints and health : a micro-macro interaction perspective / Walter Randolph Adams.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-211) and index.
Electronic reproduction.
Keywords: Saints; Electronic books