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Author Francaviglia, Richard V

Title Believing in place : a spiritual geography of the Great Basin / Richard V. Francaviglia
Published Reno : University of Nevada Press, ©2003

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Description 1 online resource (xxii, 289 pages) : illustrations
Contents 1. Landscape and Storytelling -- 2. Darkness and Light -- 3. Water and Memory -- 4. Stories in Stone -- 5. Encounters with the Wind -- 6. In Search of the Great Spirit -- 7. Chosen People, Chosen Land -- 8. Vanishing Cities of Zion -- 9. Pilgrimages to Babylon -- 10. Landscapes of Armageddon -- 11. Into Sacred Places -- 12. Believing in Place
Summary "Believing in Place is a reflection on the ways that human needs and spiritual traditions can shape our perceptions of the land. That the Great Basin has inspired such a complex variety of responses is partly due to its enigmatic vastness and isolation, partly to the remarkable range of peoples who have found themselves in the region. Using not only the materials of traditional geography but folklore, anthropology, Native American and Euro-American religion, contemporary politics, and New Age philosophies, Francaviglia has produced a timely investigation of the role of human conceptions of place in that space we call the Great Basin."--Jacket
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-277) and index
Notes English
Print version record
Subject Religion and geography.
TRAVEL -- Museums, Tours, Points of Interest.
TRAVEL -- Hikes & Walks.
TRAVEL -- Budget.
TRAVEL -- Special Interest -- Ecotourism.
TRAVEL -- Parks & Campgrounds.
TRAVEL -- Reference.
TRAVEL -- Road Travel.
TRAVEL -- Special Interest -- Adventure.
Manners and customs
Religion and geography
Travel
SUBJECT Great Basin -- Religious life and customs
Great Basin -- Social life and customs
Great Basin -- Description and travel
Subject United States -- Great Basin
Form Electronic book
ISBN 0874175801
9780874175806
0874175429
9780874175424