Shrines and Pilgrimage in the Modern World: New Itineraries into the Sacred
This book affirms, from an anthropological perspective, humans enduring need for pilgrimage, also in the modern world.
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam
Amsterdam University Press
2008
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| In: | Year: 2008 |
| Reviews: | Review: Shrines and Pilgrimage in the Modern World: New Itineraries into the Sacred, by Peter Jan Margry (2011) (Everett, Holly)
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Pilgrimage
/ Secularism
/ Ethnology
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| Further subjects: | B
Pilgrims and pilgrimages
B Collection of essays B Shrines B Electronic books |
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| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
Erscheint auch als: 9789089640116 |
| Summary: | This book affirms, from an anthropological perspective, humans enduring need for pilgrimage, also in the modern world. Intro -- Contents -- On the Authors -- Secular Pilgrimage: A Contradiction in Terms?1 -- Research into change -- Communitas vs individuality -- Movement and travel vs sanctuary and locality -- Tourism and Pilgrimage -- The Secular and the Religious -- Ethnography and Analysis -- Notes -- I The Political Realm -- The Anti-Mafi a Movement as Religion?The Pilgrimage to Falcone's Tree -- The Tree Form -- The Pilgrimage as Bearing Witness -- Imago Christi -- 'Martyrs of the Law' -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 'I'm not religious, but Tito is a God':Tito, Kumrovec, and the New Pilgrims -- Kumrovec -- An Ordinary Man with an Extraordinary Life -- The Day of Youth and the Statue of Josip Broz inKumrovec -- New Perspectives on Tito and Kumrovec -- Notes -- Patriotism and Religion:Pilgrimages to Soekarno 's Grave -- Introduction1 -- Soekarno -- A Simple Grave -- A Mausoleum and Gradual Rehabilitation -- The Pilgrims -- Secular, Magical and Religious Goals -- Concluding remarks -- Notes -- II The Musical Realm -- Rock and Roll Pilgrims: Refl ections on Ritual,Religiosity, and Race at Graceland -- Elvis 's Image -- Saint Elvis -- Graceland as Pilgrimage Site -- Elvis Week -- All-White Elvis -- Notes -- The Pilgrimage to Jim Morrison 's Grave at PèreLachaise Cemetery:The Social Construction of Sacred Space -- Mythologizing -- Fan Scene vs Heritage -- Idol, Icon or Saint? -- The Espace Morrison -- The Religious Factor -- Conclusion -- Notes -- The Apostle of Love: The Cult of Jimmy Zámbó inPost-Socialist Hungary -- The Tale of Jimmy Zámbó -- Life and Death in the Tabloids -- 'Secular' Pilgrimage -- Pilgrimage Motives -- Pilgrims at the Sacred Place -- Conclusion -- Notes -- III The Sports Realm -- Pre's Rock : Pilgrimage, Ritual, and Runners'Traditions at the Roadside Shrine for StevePrefontaine 1 -- Pre's Rock -- Roadside Memorials and Spontaneous Shrines. |
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| ISBN: | 9048502241 |