The Making of Saints: Contesting Sacred Ground

Contents

Figures vii Preface and Acknowledgments ix Introduction: Saints and Saints in the Making xi James F. Hopgood 1. Saints and Near-Saints in Transition: The Sacred, the Secular, and the Popular 1 June Macklin 2. The Making of Saints and the Vicissitudes of Charisma in Netivot, Israel 23 Yoram Bilu 3. Presence of the King: The Vitality of the Image of King Chulalongkorn for Modern Urban Thailand 42 Irene Stengs 4. Evita: A Case of Political Canonization 59 Roberto Bosca 5. Desperately Seeking Something: Che Guevara as Secular Saint 75 Phyllis Passariello 6. Teresa Urrea, Santa de Cabora and Early Chicana? The Politics of Representation, Identity, and Social Memory 90 Gillian E. Newell 7. Spirits of a Holy Land: Place and Time in a Modern Mexican Religious Movement 107 William Breen Murray Contents 8. Saints and Stars: Sainthood for the 21st Century 124 James F. Hopgood 9. I Quit My Job for a Funeral: The Mourning and Empowering of a Japanese Rock Star 143 Carolyn S. Stevens 10. Popular Culture Canonization: Elvis Presley as Saint and Savior 152 Erika Doss 11. Saints and Health: A Micro-Macro Interaction Perspective 169 Walter Randolph Adams References Cited 187 Contributors 213 Index 217 vi contents ...