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Author:   Michael A. Di Giovine ,  Jaeyeon Choe
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.540kg
ISBN:  

9780367441197

ISBN 10:   0367441195
Pages:   196
Publication Date:   04 December 2019
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Introduction Geographies of religion and spirituality: pilgrimage beyond the ‘officially’ sacred Michael A. Di Giovine and Jaeyeon Choe 1. From the liminal to the lateral: urban religion in English cathedrals Simon Coleman 2. Meaning-making in the course of action: affordance theory at the pilgrim/tourist nexus Joy W. Ackerman 3. Pilgrim routes as contested spaces in Norway Hogne Øian 4. Tourism and sacred landscape in Sagarmatha (Mt. Everest) National Park, Nepal Yang Mu , Sanjay K. Nepal and Po-Hsin Lai 5. Cultural tourism between local and transnational identities: Jewish heritage in Syracuse, Italy Andrea Corsale and Shaul Krakover 6. Wak’a/shrine making and pilgrimage tourism in Copacabana, Bolivia Jessica Joyce Christie 7. Reframing and Reconceptualising Gambling tourism in Macau as a Chinese Pilgrimage Michael O'Regan , Jaeyeon Choe and Michael Di Giovine 8. Hierarchical value map of religious tourists visiting the Vatican City/Rome Bona Kim and Seongseop (Sam) Kim

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Michael A. Di Giovine is Associate Professor of Anthropology in the Department of Anthropology and Sociology at West Chester University of Pennsylvania, USA, and Director of the West Chester University Museum of Antrhopology and Archaeology. He is also a former tour operator whose research in Europe (Italy and Spain) and Southeast Asia (Vietnam and Cambodia) focuses primarily on pilgrimage and tourism, heritage discourses and practices, religious movements and cults, and foodways. He is the Book Reviews Editor of both Journey and The Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change, and is the editor of the book series The Anthropology of Tourism: Heritage, Mobility and Society with Lexington Books. A founder and Convenor of the Anthropology of Tourism Interest Group at the American Anthropological Association, Michael has published widely on pilgrimage and religious tourism; among his many publications is the co-edited volume, The Seductions of Pilgrimage: Sacred Journeys Afar and Astray in the Western Religious Tradition (Routledge, 2015). Jaeyeon Choe is Senior Lecturer in the Department of People and Organizations at Bournemouth University, UK. She holds a PhD in tourism management with a minor in cultural anthropology from The Pennsylvania State University, USA. As an interdisciplinary researcher, her research areas revolve around spiritual/religious/wellness tourism, sustainable development, social sustainability, and poverty alleviation. She has worked on multiple tourism projects in Southeast Asia (Indonesia, Thailand, and Vietnam) including a recent study, 'Tourism for SDGs: Wellness Tourism and Sustainable Development in Bali, Indonesia'. She serves as an associate editor for the e-Review Tourism Journal and is a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. She also co-founded the Refugee and Migrant Leisure Network with community organizations and local councils.

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