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The Intimacy of Images

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

By Myriam Lamrani
University of Texas Press
La Santa Muerte becomes a lens for understanding how Oaxacans relate to saints, loved ones, and other “special dead.”
  • Introduction. The Intimacy of Images
  • Part I. On Images and Saint Death
    • Chapter 1. The Oscillating Image: The Saints Misunderstood
    • Chapter 2. The Souls of the Dream: Oneiric Images
  • Part II. On Intimacy and Devotion
    • Chapter 3. Intimate Aesthetics: On Closeness with the Images
    • Chapter 4. Intimate Constellations: The Living, the Dead
  • 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
  • Concluding Remarks. Transintimacy: Kindred Images
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index
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