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A Sacred Vertigo

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Built into a huge cliff in central France, the town of Rocamadour is a visual marvel and a place of contradictions. Pilgrims come to venerate its ancient Black Madonna but are outnumbered by secular tourists. Weibel provides an intimate look at the transformation of Rocamadour from a significant religious center to a tourist attraction; the efforts by clergy to restore Rocamadour’s spiritual character; the supernatural reinterpretations of the shrine by non-Catholics; and the desperate decision by the Diocese to participate in tourism itself, with disastrous results.

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ISBN: 9781793650320
Publication date: 14th February 2022
Author: Deana L Weibel
Publisher: Lexington Books
Format: Hardback
Pagination: 200 pages
Series: The Anthropology of Tourism: Heritage, Mobility, and Society
Genres: Social and cultural anthropology
Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church
Pilgrimage
Hospitality, sports, leisure and tourism industries