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Author:   Samuel Sánchez y Sánchez (Davidson College, USA) ,  Annie Hesp (Virginia Tech, USA)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.476kg
ISBN:  

9781138892484

ISBN 10:   1138892483
Pages:   228
Publication Date:   01 September 2015
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

"Introduction: The Camino de Santiago in the 21st Century: Interdisciplinary Perspectives and Global Views Samuel Sánchez y Sánchez and Annie Hesp Part 1: Historical and Political Perspectives on the Camino 1. Historical and Modern Signs of ""Real"" Pilgrims on the Road to Santiago de Compostela Maryjane Dunn 2. Revival of the Medieval Past: Francisco Franco and the Camino de Santiago Lynn Talbot 3. Whose Camino is it? (Re)defining Europe on the Camino de Santiago Steven Gardner, Carl Mentley, and Lisa Signori Part 2: Literary and Visual Representations of the Camino 4. Picturing the Camino de Santiago in Contemporary Pilgrimage Blogs Cristina Ogden 5. Redefining the Nation through the Camino de Santiago in the Graphic Novel Genre Henri-Simon Blanc-Hoang 6. Two Religions on One Road to Santiago: Polyethnicity and Syncretism on the Camino in Saint-Jacques...La Mecque John K. Moore Jr. Part 3: Transformations and Identity in the Camino 7. Lost and Found: Materiality and Personal Transformation on the Camino de Santiago Samuel Sánchez y Sánchez 8. The Australian Way: Transnational Flows and the Twenty First Century Camino Paul Genoni 9. The Camino de Santiago as Global Narrative: Literary Representations and Identity Creation Nicole Rasch"

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Global awareness and global travel have reanimated ancient pilgrimage trails as highways for health, paths toward self-awareness, and avenues for understanding among religions and nations. Sanchez y Sanchez and Hesp demonstrate how Spain's Camino de Santiago offers a template for assessing travel for transformation in a new world of sojourning. -George Greenia, College of William & Mary, USA This collection brings together some of the world's leading Camino scholars to reflect on the contemporary experience of the Camino de Santiago. It will take its place alongside classic work by Dunn & Davidson. A must-read! -Lesley D. Harman, King's University College at Western University, Canada

Global awareness and global travel have reanimated ancient pilgrimage trails as highways for health, paths toward self-awareness, and avenues for understanding among religions and nations. Sanchez y Sanchez and Hesp demonstrate how Spain's Camino de Santiago offers a template for assessing travel for transformation in a new world of sojourning. -George Greenia, College of William & Mary, USA This collection brings together some of the world's leading Camino scholars to reflect on the contemporary experience of the Camino de Santiago. It will take its place alongside classic work by Dunn & Davidson. A must-read! -Lesley D. Harman, King's University College at Western University, Canada

Author Information

Samuel Sánchez y Sánchez is Associate Professor of Hispanic Studies at Davidson College, USA. His research interests include literary and cultural representations of love and death in Medieval and Early Modern Iberia, Pilgrimage Studies, and Linguistics. He has published on the literary reception of Don Quijote, early modern desire, medieval narratives of mourning, and on the connections between early modern models of readership and material culture. Annie Hesp is an Instructor of Spanish in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures at Virginia Tech, USA. Her areas of research include literary and visual representations of the Camino de Santiago. She has published on the Camino as a pedagogical tool and on first-person Camino narratives.

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