If Chicanas are perceived as a communal threat because they are closer to the carnal, according to the Church, they paradoxically are worshipped as the female divine within indigenous practices like Yoruba or Mexica as well. In the works of Sandra Cisneros, Ana Castillo, and Lorna Dee Cervantes women's religious commitment is revealed through their possible responses to cultural multiplicity: 1) the rejection of one tradition over another, 2) syncretism, or 3) the continual migration between practices despite contradictory impulses. Using irony to address the tension and seeming impossibility of maintaining distinct traditions simultaneously, these writers intimate how women derive strength and a stronger sense of self primarily by moving between traditions.
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January 01 2003
The Politics of Faith in the Work of Lorna Dee Cervantes, Ana Castillo, and Sandra Cisneros
Darlene Pagan
Darlene Pagan
Pacific University
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Ethnic Studies Review (2003) 26 (1): 121–134.
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Darlene Pagan; The Politics of Faith in the Work of Lorna Dee Cervantes, Ana Castillo, and Sandra Cisneros. Ethnic Studies Review 1 January 2003; 26 (1): 121–134. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/esr.2003.26.1.121
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