In a Different Place offers a richly textured account of a modern pilgrimage, combining ethnographic detail, theory, and personal reflection. Visited by thousands of pilgrims yearly, the Church of the Madonna of the Annunciation on the Aegean island of Tinos is a site where different interests--sacred and secular, local and national, personal and official--all come together. Exploring the shrine and its surrounding town, Jill Dubisch shares her insights into the intersection of social, religious, and political life in Greece. Along the way she develops the idea of...
In a Different Place offers a richly textured account of a modern pilgrimage, combining ethnographic detail, theory, and personal refle...
Every May, for more than a decade, an ever-increasing number of motorcyclists have made the "Run for the Wall," a cross-country journey from Southern California to the "Wall," the Vietnam war memorial in Washington, D.C. While the journey's avowed purpose is political -- to increase public awareness about those who remain either prisoners of war or missing in action in Southeast Asia -- it also serves as a healing pilgrimage for its participants and as a "welcome-home" ritual many veterans feel they never received.Run for the Wall is a highly readable ethnographic account of this...
Every May, for more than a decade, an ever-increasing number of motorcyclists have made the "Run for the Wall," a cross-country journey from Southern ...
