Book: Sensual Religion
Chapter: 10. Touching, Crafting, Knowing: Religious Artefacts and the Fetish within Animism
Blurb:
At the shrine of the Virgin of Alcala in Spain, touch is the medium through which Catholic Christians perform their devotion and maintain traditions. In moments of touch, the personhood of the Virgin emerges, and material objects (perhaps ‘fetishes’) are offered not only to the Virgin but also to critical exploration.