Intersecting Journeys
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British Missionaries
Buddhism
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Chimayo
England's Nazareth
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ethnography
experiential knowledge
Holy Week
IDIC
Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations
Japan
Kyoto Tax Strike
Leon
narrative
New Guinea
New Mexico
Santiago de Compostela
Shinto
Spain
Walsingham
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- ISBN 9780252029400
- Weight: 454g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 23 Sep 2004
- Publisher: University of Illinois Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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The appeal of sacred sites remains undiminished at the start of the twenty-first century, as unprecedented numbers of visitors travel to Lourdes, Rome, Jerusalem, Santiago de Compostela, and even Star Trek conventions. Ethnographic analysis of the conflicts over resources and meanings associated with such sites, as well as the sense of community they inspire, provides compelling evidence re-emphasizing the links between pilgrimage and tourism. As the papers in this collection demonstrate, studies of these forms of journeying are at the forefront of postmodern debates about movement and centers, global flows, social identities, and the negotiation of meanings.
Ellen Badone is an associate professor of anthropology and religious studies at McMaster University and author of The Appointed Hour: Death, Worldview and Social Change in Brittany.Sharon Roseman is an associate professor of anthropology at Memorial University of Newfoundland.
