ISBN:
9781621901198
Language:
English
Pages:
XLII, 262 S.
,
Ill., Kt.
,
27 cm
Edition:
1. ed.
DDC:
282.089/5107471
Keywords:
Catholic Church History 21st century
;
Catholic Church Customs and practices
;
Material culture Religious aspects
;
Christianity
;
Italian American Catholics Religious life
;
Italian American Catholics Social life
;
Italiener
;
Italienerin
;
New York, NY
;
Katholik
;
Religiosität
;
Volksfrömmigkeit
;
Volkskunst
;
Öffentlicher Raum
Description / Table of Contents:
Private devotions in public places : the sacred spaces of yard shrines and sidewalk altarsImagined places and fragile landscapes : nostalgia and utopia in nativity presepi -- Festive intensification and place consciousness in Christmas house displays -- Multivocality and sacred space : the Our Lady of Mount Carmel Grotto in Rosebank, Staten Island -- "We go where the Italians live": processions as glocal mapping in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
