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What to say of an historic memoir-- rife in Bulbous Insight with the merest hint of Mundane Grandeur-- laced with several hundred drawings illustrating 40 years on the island of Maui...in particular, the town of Wailuku which lies in the opening shadows of mystic Iao Valley? It's here I've noted every bar, cafe and dilapidated street which has crossed my path while promoting the loftier slumming persona of a topical cartoonist...

In this ethnography of Catholic religious practice in Fresno, California, David P. Sandell unveils ritualized storytelling that Mexican and Mexican American people of faith use to cope with racism and poverty associated with colonial, capitalist, and modern social conditions. Based on in-depth interviews and extensive field research conducted in 2000 and 2001, Sandell's work shows how people use story and religious ritual (including the Matachines dance, the Mass, the rosary, pilgrimage, and processions) to create a space in their lives free from oppression. These people give meaning to the...