Description |
xxi, 228 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Contents |
Saints and near-saints in transition : the sacred, the secular, and the popular / June Macklin -- The making of saints and the vicissitudes of charisma in Netivot, Israel / Yoram Bilu -- Presence of the king : the vitality of the image of King Chulalongkorn for modern urban Thailand / Irene Stengs -- Evita : a case of political canonization / Roberto Bosca -- Desperately seeking something : Che Guevara as secular saint / Phyllis Passariello -- Teresa Urrea, Santa de Cabora, and early Chicana? : the politics of representation, identity, and social memory / Gillian E. Newell -- Spirits of a holy land : place and time in a modern Mexican religious movement / William Breen Murray -- Saints and stars : sainthood for the 21st century / James F. Hopgood -- I quit my job for a funeral : the mourning and empowering of a Japanese rock star / Carolyn S. Stevens -- Popular culture canonization : Elvis Presley as saint and savior / Erika Doss -- Saints and health : a micro-macro interaction perspective / Walter Randolph Adams |
Analysis |
Secular |
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Sacred ground |
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Anthropological |
Notes |
This book originates from a session held at the 1999 Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association entitled The making of saints: secular, folk, sacred |
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Formerly CIP. Uk |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [187]-211) and index |
Subject |
Saints.
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Saints -- Congresses.
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Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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Author |
Hopgood, James F.
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American Anthropological Association.
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LC no. |
2004019060 |
ISBN |
0817314555 hardcover alkaline paper |
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0817351795 paperback alkaline paper |
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