Description |
1 online resource (362 pages) : illustrations, map. |
Physical Medium |
polychrome. |
Description |
text file |
Series |
Moravian MUPO title
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-358) and index. |
Contents |
Secular pilgimage : a contradiction in terms? / Peter Jan Margry -- I. Political realm. Anti-mafia movement as religion? : the pilgrimage to Falcone's tree / Deborah Puccio-Den -- "I'm not religious, but Tito is a god" : Tito, Kumrovec, and the new pilgrims / Marijana Belaj -- Patriotism and religion : pilgrimages to Soekarno's grave / Huub de Jonge -- II. Musical realm. Rock and roll pilgrims : reflections on ritual, religiosity, and race at Graceland / Erika Doss -- Pilgrimage to Jim Morrison's grave at Père Lachaise Cemetery : the social construction of sacred space / Peter Jan Margry -- Apostle of Love : the cultus of Jimmy Zámbó in post-socialist Hungary / István Povedák -- III. Sports realm. Pre's rock : pilgrimage, ritual, and runners' traditions at the roadside shrine to Steve Prefontaine / Daniel Wojcik -- IV. Realm of life, spirituality and death. Going with the flow : contemporary pilgrimage in Glastonbury / Marion Bowman -- Pilgrimage to the "cancer forest" on the "Trees for Life Day" in Flevoland / Paul Post -- Sites of memory, sites of sorrow : an American veterans' motorcycle pilgrimage / Jill Dubisch. |
Summary |
This book affirms, from an anthropological perspective, humans enduring need for pilgrimage, also in the modern world. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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JSTOR Books at JSTOR Open Access |
Language |
English. |
Subject |
Pilgrims and pilgrimages.
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Pilgrims and pilgrimages. |
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Shrines.
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Shrines. |
Indexed Term |
Multi-User. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Added Author |
Margry, P. J. (Peter Jan)
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Other Form: |
Print version: Shrines and pilgrimage in the modern world. [Amsterdam] : Amsterdam University Press, ©2008 9789089640116 9089640118 (DLC) 2008464757 (OCoLC)225875926 |
ISBN |
9789048502240 (electronic book) |
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9048502241 (electronic book) |
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9789089640116 |
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9089640118 |
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1281787876 |
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9781281787873 |
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