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Sowing the Sacred: Mexican Pentecostal Farmworkers in California

Lloyd Daniel Barba

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Description:Sowing the Sacred traces the development of Pentecostalism among Mexican-American migrant laborers in California's agricultural industry from the 1910s to the 1960s. At the time, Pentecostalism was often seen as a distasteful new sect rife with cultish and fanatical tendencies; U.S. growersthought of Mexicans as no more than a mere workforce not fit for citizenship; and industrial agriculture was celebrated for feeding American families while its exploitation of workers went largely ignored. Farmworkers were made out to be culturally vacuous and lacking creative genius, simplelaborers caught in a vertiginous cycle of migrant work.This book argues that farmworkers from La Asamblea Apost�lica de la Fe en Cristo Jes�s carved out a robust socio-religious existence despite these conditions, and in doing so produced a vast record of cultural vibrancy. Examining racialized portrayals of Mexican workers and their religious livesthrough images created by farmworkers themselves, Sowing the Sacred draws on oral histories, photographs, and materials from new archival collections to tell an intimate story of sacred-space making. In showing how these workers mapped out churches, performed outdoor baptisms in grower-controlledwaterways, and built and maintained houses of worship in the fields, this book considers the role that historical memory plays in telling these stories.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Sowing the Sacred: Mexican Pentecostal Farmworkers in California. To get started finding Sowing the Sacred: Mexican Pentecostal Farmworkers in California, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Sowing the Sacred traces the development of Pentecostalism among Mexican-American migrant laborers in California's agricultural industry from the 1910s to the 1960s. At the time, Pentecostalism was often seen as a distasteful new sect rife with cultish and fanatical tendencies; U.S. growersthought of Mexicans as no more than a mere workforce not fit for citizenship; and industrial agriculture was celebrated for feeding American families while its exploitation of workers went largely ignored. Farmworkers were made out to be culturally vacuous and lacking creative genius, simplelaborers caught in a vertiginous cycle of migrant work.This book argues that farmworkers from La Asamblea Apost�lica de la Fe en Cristo Jes�s carved out a robust socio-religious existence despite these conditions, and in doing so produced a vast record of cultural vibrancy. Examining racialized portrayals of Mexican workers and their religious livesthrough images created by farmworkers themselves, Sowing the Sacred draws on oral histories, photographs, and materials from new archival collections to tell an intimate story of sacred-space making. In showing how these workers mapped out churches, performed outdoor baptisms in grower-controlledwaterways, and built and maintained houses of worship in the fields, this book considers the role that historical memory plays in telling these stories.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Sowing the Sacred: Mexican Pentecostal Farmworkers in California. To get started finding Sowing the Sacred: Mexican Pentecostal Farmworkers in California, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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