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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463463303321

Autore

Coleman Simon

Titolo

Reframing Pilgrimage [[electronic resource] ] : Cultures in Motion

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 2012

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (209 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

EadeJohn

Disciplina

203.51

291.351

Soggetti

Anthropology of religion

Pilgrims and pilgrimages

Shrines

Urban anthropology

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Reframing Pilgrimage; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction: reframing pilgrimage; 2 'Being there': British Mormons and the history trail; 3 From England's Nazareth to Sweden's Jerusalem: movement, (virtual) landscapes and pilgrimage; 4 Going and not going to Porokhane: Mourid women and pilgrimage in Senegal and Spain; 5 Embedded motion: sacred travel among Mevlevi dervishes; 6 'Heartland of America': memory, motion and the (re)construction of history on a motorcycle pilgrimage

7 Coming home to the Motherland: pilgrimage tourism in Ghana8 Route metaphors of 'roots-tourism' in the Scottish Highland diaspora; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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