Pilgrimage and sacred places in Southeast Europe : history, religious tourism and contemporary trends /

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Imprint:Zürich ; Berlin : LIT, [2014]
©2014
Description:232 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:Studies on South East Europe ; vol. 14
Studies on South East Europe ; v. 14.
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10160764
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Other authors / contributors:Katić, Mario, editor.
Klarin, Tomislav, editor.
McDonald, Mike (Professor of Anthropology), editor.
ISBN:9783643905048 (pbk.)
3643905041 (pbk.)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Pilgrimage and tourism in southeast Europe / Mario Katić, Tomislav Klarin and Mike McDonald
  • The significance of the Croatian coastline in the network of the European pilgrim routes in the age of sailing-ships / Josip Faričić
  • Pilgrims and the plague on the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea from the 14th to the 17th century / Krešimir Kužić
  • Macedonian sacred stone sites as pilgrimage and tourist attractions / Dragica Popovska
  • Parishioners, pilgrims, tourists: the visitors of an Orthodox Christian shrine in Sofia / Vihra Baeva
  • Current trends in behaviour of visitors to Medjugorje Pilgrimage Centre: pilgrims and tourists as metaphors / Tinka Delakorda Kawashima
  • "European Mecca" or Ajvatovica as a sacred place and a tourist destination in a Bosnia and Herzegovina / Dženita Sarač Rujanac
  • Rediscovering German and Austrian sacred places in "Eastern Europe" / Josef Langer
  • Pilgrimage and/or tourism in Bosnian Croat Shrine of Kondžilo / Mario Katić
  • Sacred heritage and cultural tourism: a case of Dalmatian region (Croatia) / Tomislav Klarin
  • "Following the Cross" procession - A special form of religious tourism on the Island of Hvar / Mili Razović
  • Impact of sacred sites on city tours of Zadar - tourist guides opinions / Vinko Bakija
  • Religious tourism and Serbian Orthodox Church / Svetlana Mihić, Aleksandar Andrejević and Dejan Supić
  • Pilgrimage and tourism in south-eastern and eastern Europe: some reflections / John Eade.