Consuming visions : mass culture and the Lourdes shrine / Suzanne K. Kaufman.
"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 challe...
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| Language: | English |
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Ithaca :
Cornell University Press,
[2005]
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| Summary: | "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 these assumptions in her examination of the Lourdes pilgrimage in late nineteenth-century France." "Consuming Visions offers new ways to interpret material forms of worship, female piety, and modern commercial culture. Kaufman argues that the melding of traditional pilgrimage activities with a newly developing mass culture produced fresh expressions of popular faith. For the devout women of humble origins who flocked to the shrine, this intensely exciting commercialized worship offered unprecedented opportunities to connect with the sacred and express their faith in God."--BOOK JACKET. |
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| Physical Description: | viii, 255 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-245) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0801442486 9780801442483 |