Devotion in Motion
Pilgrimage in Modern Mexico

By (author) Edward Wright-Ríos

ISBN13: 9780226840833

Imprint: University of Chicago Press

Publisher: The University of Chicago Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Published: 05/06/2025

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Description
A study of contemporary pilgrimage through the elastic history of a shrine in Oaxaca, Mexico.   For many, pilgrimage conjures ideas about ancient traditions and somber journeys of self-discovery—an escape from modern life. In Devotion in Motion, Edward Wright-Ríos argues that we misunderstand pilgrimage (past and present) if we ignore its dynamic relationship with the rhythms of daily life and community. Through the story of a centuries-old, ever-changing Catholic shrine to Our Lady of Juquila in Oaxaca, Mexico, Wright-Ríos reveals how tradition, innovation, marketing, and devotion coexist and interact in pilgrimage. Devotees, he shows, are not dissuaded by the embeddedness of the sacred site in the complexities, hierarchies, or conflicts of their lives. In fact, the truckers, accountants, and health-care workers we meet in this book actively seek new resources (including social media) to aid and share their devotion. Part microhistory, part ethnography, Devotion in Motion is a celebration of pilgrimage as a living experience in every generation.
En camino—In Transit, November 2016 1: The Virgin Moves You 2: A Past in Fragments 3: The Polemical Priest 4: Devotion and Market 5: Póngalo en Fais—Put It on Facebook 6: A Contingent Alchemy 7: How Traditions Begin 8: Walking Together 9: A Festival on Wheels 10: Arriving at Your Feet On My Skin and in My Heart Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index
  • Religion & beliefs
  • Worship, rites & ceremonies
  • Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography
  • Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church
  • Professional & Vocational
Height:229
Width:152
Spine:15
Weight:286.00
List Price: £20.00