| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 228 pages) |
| Series |
Routledge studies in religion, travel, and tourism ; 2 |
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Routledge studies in religion, travel, and tourism ; 2.
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Routledge studies in religion, travel, and tourism.
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| Contents |
1. Pilgrimages in Department Stores and Airport Malls: Modernity, Commerce and the Marketplace -- 2. Of Swans, Lakes and Constructions of the Sacred -- 3. Religious Authorities and the Promotion of Pilgrimages -- 4. Merchants, Transport, Guidebooks and the Democratisation of Pilgrimage -- 5. Pilgrims in the Marketplace: Shaping, Producing and Consuming Pilgrimage -- 6. Scrolls, Singing Toilet-Paper Roll Holders, Martin Luther's Socks and Other Sacred Goods of the Marketplace -- 7. Strawberries, Camel Coolers and Luxury Hotels: Heritage, Hiking, Holidays and the Consumer Rebranding of Pilgrimage -- 8. Concluding Comments |
| Summary |
The study of pilgrimage often centres itself around miracles and spontaneous populist activities. While some of these activities and stories may play an important role in the emergence of potential pilgrimage sites and in helping create wider interest in them, this book demonstrates that the dynamics of the marketplace, including marketing and promotional activities by priests and secular interest groups, create the very consumerist markets through which pilgrimages become established and successful - and through which the 'sacred' as a category can be sustained. By drawing on |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Pilgrims and pilgrimages -- Japan
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Tourism -- Japan -- Religious aspects
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RELIGION -- Reference.
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Pilgrims and pilgrimages
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Tourism -- Religious aspects
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| SUBJECT |
Japan -- Religious life and customs
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| Subject |
Japan
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781134625895 |
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1134625898 |
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9781315885704 |
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1315885700 |
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