Looking for Mary Magdalene : alternative pilgrimage and ritual creativity at Catholic shrines in France / Anna Fedele.

Author
Fedele, Anna [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
New York : Oxford University Press, c2013.
Description
xii, 320 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Details

Subject(s)
Series
Oxford ritual studies. [More in this series]
Summary note
Anne Fedele provides a detailed ethnography of alternative pilgrimages to Catholic shrines in contemporary France that are dedicated to Saint Mary Magdalene or house black Madonna statues. Based on more than three years of fieldwork it describes the way in which pilgrims with a Christian background from Italy, Spain, Britain and the United States interpret Catholic figures, symbols and sites according to spiritual theories and practices derived from the transnational Neopagan movement.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Action note
Committed to retain in perpetuity — ReCAP Shared Collection (HUL)
Contents
  • "Going to see Mary Magdalene": starting out on a pilgrimage
  • The lost connection with the feminine
  • The Sainte-Baume and its many layers
  • Pilgrims dealing with their Christian backgrounds
  • Celebrating menstrual blood
  • Wounded Magdalenes
  • Embracing the darkness
  • Ending the pilgrimage and returning home.
Other title(s)
University press scholarship online.
ISBN
  • 9780199898404 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 0199898405 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 9780199898428 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0199898421 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
^^2012003804
OCLC
777327416
RCP
H - S
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