Goddess Pilgrims as Tourists: Inscribing the Body through Sacred Travel

The paper examines the religions meanings of journeys made to sites associated with ancient Goddess worship by women who belong to the Goddess movement. While ‘Goddess pilgrims’ have characteristics in common with other religious pilgrims and with other middle-class tourists, especially those inclin...

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Main Author: Rountree, Kathryn (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Oxford Univ. Press 2002
In: Sociology of religion
Year: 2002, Volume: 63, Issue: 4, Pages: 475-496
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