Reframing Pilgrimage argues that sacred travel is just one of the twenty-first century's many forms of cultural mobility. The contributors consider the meanings of pilgrimage in Christian, Mormon, Hindu, Islamic and Sufi traditions, as well as in secular contexts, and they create a new theory of pilgrimage as a form of voluntary displacement. This voluntary displacement helps to constitute cultural meaning in a world constantly 'en route'. Pilgrimage, which works both on global economic and individual levels, is recognised as a highly creative and politically charged force intimately bound up in economic and cultural systems…mehr
Reframing Pilgrimage argues that sacred travel is just one of the twenty-first century's many forms of cultural mobility. The contributors consider the meanings of pilgrimage in Christian, Mormon, Hindu, Islamic and Sufi traditions, as well as in secular contexts, and they create a new theory of pilgrimage as a form of voluntary displacement. This voluntary displacement helps to constitute cultural meaning in a world constantly 'en route'. Pilgrimage, which works both on global economic and individual levels, is recognised as a highly creative and politically charged force intimately bound up in economic and cultural systems
Simon Coleman is a Reader in Anthropology at the University of Durham., John Eade is Professor of Sociology and Social Anthropology at the University of Surrey Roehampton.
Inhaltsangabe
Chapter 1 Introduction, Simon Coleman, John Eade Chapter 2 'Being there', Hildi Mitchell Chapter 3 From England's Nazareth to Sweden's Jerusalem, Simon Coleman Chapter 4 Going and not going to Porokhane, Eva Evers Rosander Chapter 5 Embedded motion, Bente Nikolaisen Chapter 6 'Heartland of America', Jill Dubisch Chapter 7 Coming home to the Motherland, Katharina Schramm Chapter 8 Route metaphors of 'roots-tourism' in the Scottish Highland diaspora, Paul Basu Bibliography Index
Chapter 1 Introduction, Simon Coleman, John Eade Chapter 2 'Being there', Hildi Mitchell Chapter 3 From England's Nazareth to Sweden's Jerusalem, Simon Coleman Chapter 4 Going and not going to Porokhane, Eva Evers Rosander Chapter 5 Embedded motion, Bente Nikolaisen Chapter 6 'Heartland of America', Jill Dubisch Chapter 7 Coming home to the Motherland, Katharina Schramm Chapter 8 Route metaphors of 'roots-tourism' in the Scottish Highland diaspora, Paul Basu Bibliography Index
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