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following a generation of armed conflict and authoritarian rule

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San Francisco was struck by a violent earthquake that shook the city and ignited an even deadlier menace–-a three-day fire that burned up and down the city's streets and incinerated its buildings and neighborhoods

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The Intimacy of Images David Knights following a generation of armedLa Santa Muerte becomes a lens for understanding how Oaxacans relate to saints, loved ones, and other "special dead." In Oaxaca, images of saints and loved ones, as well as of victims of political or criminal violence, are seemingly everywhere. While Oaxacans relate to all sorts of "special dead," they are particularly devoted to La Santa Muerte (Saint Death), a female reaper like figure whose popularity has risen in tandem with violence throughout