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Local identities and transnational cults within Europe / edited by Fiorella Giacalone and Kevin Griffin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Giacalone, Fiorella
- Series:
- CABI religious tourism and pilgrimage series.
- CABI Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Tourism--Europe--Religious aspects.
- Tourism.
- Pilgrims and pilgrimages--Europe.
- Pilgrims and pilgrimages.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (232 pages).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK ; Boston, MA : CABI, [2018]
- Summary:
- This book explores the central role of ordinary people in the popularisation of faith-based practices, illustrating: religious tourism as an expression of cultural identity, the interrelationship of cultural groups and the overall formation of culture and society.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Half Title
- CABI Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage Series
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- List of Contributors
- 1 Introduction: Local Identity and Transnational Cults
- 2 Continuity from Local Cult to 'Accepted' Ritual
- 3 Developing Pilgrimage Itineraries: The Way of St Francis in Umbria as Case in Point
- 4 Pilgrimage, Religious Tourism and Heritage in Calabria
- 5 Fighting for the Saint: Ritual Rivalries in Traditional Pilgrimages
- 6 Chinese Migrations and Pilgrimages around Prato (Italy) and Wenzhou (China)
- 7 Globalizing Romani Culture: The Pilgrimage to the Sea in Les-Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer (France)
- 8 The Cult of Señor de los Milagros of Peruvians in Italy
- 9 Cultural Diversity in a Local French Pilgrimage
- 10 Mixing Sport and Religion in the Landes Area of France
- 11 An Ethnology of the Foreign Traveller to the Shrine of St Nicholas of Bari, Italy
- 12 Healing Tourists with Religion: Saint Rita's Cult in Poland
- 13 A Transnational Cult: St Rita of Cascia
- 14 Saint Rita of Cascia: An Evolving Devotion in Dublin's Inner City
- 15 Conclusion
- Discussion Questions
- Index
- Back Cover.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781786392541
- 1786392542
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