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Record Nr.

UNINA9910524897803321

Autore

Ketchell Aaron K. <1971->

Titolo

Holy Hills of the Ozarks : Religion and Tourism in Branson, Missouri / / Aaron K. Ketchell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Baltimore : , : Johns Hopkins University Press, , 2007

©2007

ISBN

1-4214-0243-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (339 p.)

Collana

Lived religions

Disciplina

277.78/797

Soggetti

Popular culture - Religious aspects - Christianity

Recreation - Religious aspects - Christianity

Amusements - Religious aspects - Christianity

Amusements - Missouri - Branson

Recreation - Missouri - Branson

Electronic books.

Branson (Mo.) Religious life and customs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [273]-294) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: "the moral vineyards" -- "Temples of God's own building" : Harold Bell Wright and the roots of Branson tourism -- "Hills of truth and love" : authenticity and the sacred in shepherd of the Hills Country -- "I would much rather see a sermon than hear one" : faith at Silver Dollar City -- Jesus is "the greatest star" : the variety show and contemporary Branson tourism -- "Near heaven" : the dynamics of sacred space in Branson -- Hillbilly heaven : labor, leisure, and the Ozark trickster -- "The aroma of God's spirit" : branding Branson's future.