Intersecting Journeys: The Anthropology of Pilgrimage and Tourism

by Ellen Badone (Editor), Sharon R. Roseman (Editor), Ellen Badone (Contribution by), Sharon R. Roseman (Contribution by), Paula Elizabeth Holmes-Rodman (Contribution by)

Overview

The appeal of sacred sites remains undiminished at the start of the twenty-first century, as unprecedented numbers of visitors travel to Lourdes, Rome, Jerusalem, Santiago de Compostela, and even Star Trek conventions.  Ethnographic analysis of the conflicts over resources and meanings associated with such sites, as well as the sense of community they inspire, provides compelling evidence re-emphasizing the links between pilgrimage and tourism. As the papers in this collection demonstrate, studies of these forms of journeying are at the forefront of postmodern debates about movement and centers, global flows, social identities, and the negotiation of meanings.
 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780252090431
Publisher:	University of Illinois Press
Publication date:	10/01/2010
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	216
File size:	390 KB

About the Author

Ellen Badone is an associate professor of anthropology and religious studies at McMaster University and author of The Appointed Hour: Death, Worldview and Social Change in Brittany.Sharon Roseman is an associate professor of anthropology at Memorial University of Newfoundland.
 

Table of Contents

Contents Introduction: Approaches to the Anthropology of Pilgrimage and Tourism Ellen Badone and Sharon R. Roseman 1. "They Told What Happened on the Road": Narrative and the Construction of Experiential Knowledge on the Pilgrimage to Chimayo, New Mexico Paula Elizabeth Holmes-Rodman 2. Pilgrimage to "England's Nazareth": Landscapes of Myth and Memory at Walsingham Simon Coleman 3. The Kyoto Tax Strike: Buddhism, Shinto, and Tourism in Japan Nelson H. H. Graburn 4. Tourism and Holy Week in León, Spain Mark Tate 5. Santiago de Compostela in the Year 2000: From Religious Center to European City of Culture Sharon R. Roseman 6. Extending the Metaphor: British Missionaries as Pilgrims in New Guinea Wayne Fife 7. Pilgrimage and the IDIC Ethic: Exploring Star Trek Convention Attendance as Pilgrimage Jennifer E. Porter 8. Stories of the Return: Pilgrimage and Its Aftermaths Nancy L. Frey Conclusion: Exploring the Borderlands of Ethnography, Tourism, and Pilgrimage Ellen Badone Contributors Index

Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication: Pilgrims and pilgrimages, Culture and tourism

Editorial Reviews

"The contributors to Intersecting Journeys focus on a diverse mix of pilgrim-tourists, producing a varied and nuanced image of what tourists want. Each small, gem-like chapter explores travel and shrine in a different ethnographic context, from the Spanish pilgrimage center of Santiago de Compostela to the temples of Kyoto; from British missionaries in New Guinea to Star Trek conventions." —Anthropology News

"A very welcome addition . . . to a field which is expanding far beyond the limits of the anthropology of religion."—John Eade, Sociology and Anthropology, Roehampton University, London, UK

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