Consuming Visions : Mass Culture and the Lourdes Shrine /

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Plastic Madonnas, packaged holy tours, and biblical theme parks can arouse discomfort, laughter, and even revulsion in religious believers and nonbelievers alike. Scholars, too, often see the intermingling of religion and commerce as a corruption of true spirituality. Suzanne K. Kaufman challenges t...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Kaufman, Suzanne K. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2018]
Subjects:
Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages > France > Lourdes.
Christian shrines > France > Lourdes.
Popular culture > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Popular culture > France > Lourdes.
Culture populaire > Aspect religieux > Christianisme.
Culture populaire > France > Lourdes.
Sanctuaires chrétiens > France > Lourdes.
HISTORY / Europe / France.
Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages.
Christian shrines.
Popular culture.
Marienerscheinung
Wallfahrt
Volksglaube
Kommerzialisierung
Vroomheid.
Populaire cultuur.
Bedevaarten.
Kristna pilgrimer och pilgrimsfärder > Frankrike > Lourdes.
Populärkultur > religiösa aspekter > kristendom.
France > Lourdes.
Lourdes
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Introduction. Religious and Modern: Pilgrimage to Lourdes
  • 1. Remaking Lourdes: Catholic Pilgrimage as Modern Spectacle
  • 2. Commercialized Pilgrimage and Religious Debasement
  • 3. Scientific Sensationalism and the Miracle Cure
  • 4. Female Pilgrims and Spiritual Authority
  • 5. Public Wager: Publicity and the Truth of the Cure
  • Epilogue. Politics and Mass Culture: Representing Lourdes in the Twentieth Century
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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