LEADER 05841nam 2201081Ia 450 001 9910819203503321 005 20240516133620.0 010 $a1-280-08880-X 010 $a9786613520326 010 $a0-520-92246-8 010 $a0-585-25300-5 024 7 $a10.1525/9780520922464 035 $a(CKB)111004366722908 035 $a(EBL)871912 035 $a(OCoLC)45733585 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000221859 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11199230 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000221859 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10162149 035 $a(PQKB)10270111 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC871912 035 $a(OCoLC)839982100 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse30969 035 $a(DE-B1597)519836 035 $a(OCoLC)785731923 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520922464 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL871912 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10546124 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL352032 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111004366722908 100 $a19980211d1998 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPilgrim stories$b[electronic resource] $eon and off the road to Santiago /$fNancy Louise Frey 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aBerkeley $cUniversity of California Press$dc1998 215 $a1 online resource (331 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-520-21084-0 311 $a0-520-21751-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tIllustrations --$tAcknowledgments --$tIntroduction: Arriving At The End --$tChapter 1. Pilgrims To Santiago --$tChapter 2. Journey Shaping --$tChapter 3. Learning New Rhythms --$tChapter 4. Landscapes Of Discovery --$tChapter 5. Arrivals And Endings --$tChapter 6. Santiago --$tChapter 7. To The End Of The Earth --$tChapter 8. Going Home --$tConclusions: Arriving At The Beginning --$tAppendix A. Fieldwork On The Road --$tAppendix B. The Twentieth-Century Reanimation --$tNotes --$tReferences --$tIndex 330 $aEach year thousands of men and women from more than sixty countries journey by foot and bicycle across northern Spain, following the medieval pilgrimage road known as the Camino de Santiago. Their destination is Santiago de Compostela, where the remains of the apostle James are said to be buried. These modern-day pilgrims and the role of the pilgrimage in their lives are the subject of Nancy Louise Frey's fascinating book. Unlike the religiously-oriented pilgrims who visit Marian shrines such as Lourdes, the modern Road of St. James attracts an ecumenical mix of largely well-educated, urban middle-class participants. Eschewing comfortable methods of travel, they choose physically demanding journeys, some as long as four months, in order to experience nature, enjoy cultural and historical patrimony, renew faith, or cope with personal trauma. Frey's anthropological study focuses on the remarkable reanimation of the Road that has gained momentum since the 1980's. Her intensive fieldwork (including making the pilgrimage several times herself) provides a colorful portrayal of the pilgrimage while revealing a spectrum of hopes, discontents, and desires among its participants, many of whom feel estranged from society. The Camino's physical and mental journey offers them closer community, greater personal knowledge, and links to the past and to nature. But what happens when pilgrims return home? Exploring this crucial question Frey finds that pilgrims often reflect deeply on their lives and some make significant changes: an artistic voice is discovered, a marriage is ended, meaningful work is found. Other pilgrims repeat the pilgrimage or join a pilgrims' association to keep their connection to the Camino alive. And some only remain pilgrims while on the road. In all, Pilgrim Stories is an exceptional prism through which to understand the desires and dissatisfactions of contemporary Western life at the end of the millennium. "Feet are touched, discussed, massaged, [and] become signs of a journey well traveled: 'I did it all on foot!' . . . Pilgrims give feet a power and importance not recognized in daily life, as a causeway and direct channel to the road, the past, meaningful relations, nature, and the self." 606 $aChristian pilgrims and pilgrimages$zSpain$zSantiago de Compostela 606 $aChristian pilgrims and pilgrimages$zSpain$zSantiago de Compostela$vInterviews 607 $aSantiago de Compostela (Spain)$xChurch history$y20th century 610 $a1980s. 610 $aanthropology. 610 $aathletes. 610 $aathletics. 610 $abicycle. 610 $abike race. 610 $aclass issues. 610 $aeuropean history. 610 $afaith. 610 $ahistorical. 610 $amarian shrines. 610 $amarian. 610 $amiddle class. 610 $anatural world. 610 $anature. 610 $apilgrims. 610 $aprofessional athletes. 610 $areligion. 610 $areligious pilgrimage. 610 $areligious studies. 610 $aself actualization. 610 $aself discovery. 610 $ashrines. 610 $aspain. 610 $aspanish history. 610 $atourism. 610 $atourists. 610 $atrauma. 610 $atravel. 610 $atrue story. 610 $aurban. 610 $avirgin mary. 615 0$aChristian pilgrims and pilgrimages 615 0$aChristian pilgrims and pilgrimages 676 $a263/.0424611 686 $aBO 1935$2rvk 700 $aFrey$b Nancy Louise$f1968-$01648748 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910819203503321 996 $aPilgrim stories$93997119 997 $aUNINA