In a Different Place : Pilgrimage, Gender, and Politics at a Greek Island Shrine

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In a Different Place : Pilgrimage, Gender, and Politics at a Greek Island ShrineIn a Different Place offers a richly textured account of a modern pilgrimage, combining ethnographic detail, theory, and personal reflection. Visited by thousands of pilgrims yearly, the Church of the Madonna of the Annunciation on the Aegean island of Tinos is a site where different interests sacred and secular, local and national, personal and official all come together. Exploring the shrine and its surrounding town, Jill Dubisch shares her insights

every sentence of which is pregnant with the deepest observations and the most lively images'

especially writings of Ephorus

The fourth part is chanted

describes Mary’s surprise at the news

To rule as a Caesar was to stand as an actor upon the great stage of the world

through which the faith of Christ triumphed

δηλαδή η Αγγέλα

and to define the details of staging as precisely as the text will allow

τον Τζαλάλ

Nine letters are also extant

the Jugurthine War clearly revealed the problems of the Republic at that time

For students learning over two years