Built with faith : Italian American imagination and Catholic material culture in New York City /
Joseph Sciorra.
- First edition.
- 1 online resource (xlii, 262 pages) : illustrations, maps
- UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. Global Cultural Studies Supplement. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-250) and index.
Private devotions in public places : the sacred spaces of yard shrines and sidewalk altars -- Imagined places and fragile landscapes : nostalgia and utopia in nativity presepi -- Festive intensification and place consciousness in Christmas house displays -- Multivocality and sacred space : the Our Lady of Mount Carmel Grotto in Rosebank, Staten Island -- "We go where the Italians live": processions as glocal mapping in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
English.
1621901319 9781621901310
923315 MIL
2014024542
Catholic Church--History--New York (State)--New York--21st century. Catholic Church--Customs and practices.--New York (State)--New York Catholic Church.
2000-2099
Material culture--Religious aspects--Christianity. Italian American Catholics--Religious life--New York (State)--New York. Italian American Catholics--Social life.--New York (State)--New York Material culture--Religious aspects--Christianity. RELIGION--Christianity--Catholic. Christianity. Religion. Philosophy & Religion.