Religious Tastes in a Gentrified Neighbourhood: Food, Diversification and Urban Transformation in Barcelona

This article examines how religious diversity is manifested and represented in contexts undergoing intense urban pressures. Drawing on ethnographic research conducted in the Raval quarter of Barcelona, we analyse the open-air festivities of religious minorities and the emergence of new neighbourhood...

Full description

Saved in:  
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Journal of religion in Europe
Authors: Clot-Garrell, Anna (Author) ; Albert-Blanco, Víctor (Author) ; Martínez-Cuadros, Rosa (Author) ; Esteso, Carolina (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Check availability: HBZ Gateway
Journals Online & Print:
Drawer...
Fernleihe:Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste
Published: Brill 2022
In: Journal of religion in Europe
Further subjects:B civic associations
B Gentrification
B Religious Diversity
B Urban Religion
B religious festivities
B urban regeneration
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
Description
Summary:This article examines how religious diversity is manifested and represented in contexts undergoing intense urban pressures. Drawing on ethnographic research conducted in the Raval quarter of Barcelona, we analyse the open-air festivities of religious minorities and the emergence of new neighbourhood associations’ mobilizations. Specifically, we focus on the role of food in these events as a way to explore how diversification and urban transformation interrelate. Whilst food becomes the means through which religious and secular actors interact and articulate forms of place-making, it also becomes a resource to present religion in forms deemed ‘acceptable’ to the general public.
ISSN:1874-8929
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of religion in Europe
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/18748929-bja10019