Botánicas: Sacred Spaces of Healing and Devotion in Urban America

by Joseph M. Murphy

Bot nicas is an exploration in text and photographs of spiritual shops found in Latino neighborhoods throughout the United States. Readers discover these marvelous spaces and their alternative spiritualties that help patrons cope with the grind and challenges of city life. Bot nicas provide access to an array of invisible powers and sell the ingredients to construct symbolic solutions to their patrons' problems. The stores are bright and baroque,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1628462078
• ISBN13: 9781628462074
• Release Date: February 2015
• Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 2.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.8" x 10.2"