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Ships, saints and sealore : cultural heritage and ethnography of the Mediterranean and the Red Sea /
Just as the sea has played a pivotal role in the connectivity of people, economies and cultures, it has also provided a common platform for inter-disciplinary cooperation amongst academics. This book is a selection of conference papers and other contributions that has seen the coming-together of sch...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
Archaeopress,
[2014]
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| Colección: | Archaeopress archaeology.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Foreword; Introduction: A seaman's view of the Mediterranean (Seán McGrail); I. Maritime Rituals, Superstitions and Ship Images: Maritime activity and the Divine
- an overview of religious expression by Mediterranean seafarers, fishermen and travellers (Timmy Gambin); Hazards at sea: a case-study of two ex-voto paintings from the Church of the Karmelitani Skalzi in Bormla, Malta (Simon Mercieca); II. Confraternities in Maritime Culture: The Holy Vessel: the Vascelluzzo of Messina during the early modern period (Carmelina Gugliuzzo); Two maritime related confraternities established at Bormla (Cospicua) parish church, Malta (Emanuel Magro Conti); III. Maritime Heritage: Historical Narratives: Quatri partitu en cosmographia pratica i por otro nombre llamado Espejo de navegantes by Alonso de Chaves: a navigation manual for the instruction of Spanish pilots in the sixteenth century (Maravillas Aguiar); Images of pirates and slaves in traditional Greek popular songs (Efsevia Lasithiotaki); IV. Ethnography, Tourism and Maritime Heritage: Sun, sand and sea: tourism and the commodification of Malta's maritime heritage (Jeremy Boissevain); Work, tourism and the sea: Bulgarian experiences in Malta (Irina Atanasova); Lateen sails versus fibreglass boats: the contradictions of a maritime heritage process
- the Platja dels Pescadors on the Catalonian coast (Eliseu Carbonell); The Maritime Museum of Barcelona's approach to maritime ethnology: research and communications (Enric Garcia Domingo); V. Maritime Archaeology: Traditions and Practices: Sailing the Red Sea: ships, infrastructure, seafarers and society (Cheryl Ward); The dgħajsa: a Phoenician survival (Alec Tilley); Maritime ethnography and archaeology (Seán McGrail); The maritime heritage of Yemen: a focus on traditional wooden 'dhows' (Dionisius A. Agius, John P. Cooper and Chiara Zazzaro); The hūrī of Socotra: cultural treasure or coastal trash? (Julian Jansen van Rensburg); Index.